How to Install and Uninstall antiword Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "antiword" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install antiword on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "antiword" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall antiword on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                antiword
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the antiword package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: antiword
Version: 0.37-14
Installed-Size: 618
Maintainer: Olly Betts
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Description: Converts MS Word files to text, PS, PDF and XML
Description-md5: 91202a9a74fb47111423e1091e439879
Homepage: http://www.winfield.demon.nl/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, use::converting, works-with-format::pdf,
works-with-format::plaintext, works-with-format::postscript,
works-with::dtp, works-with::text
Section: text
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/antiword/antiword_0.37-14_amd64.deb
Size: 131196
MD5sum: a3990042fdbebbc89cd9da33f7eedd7e
SHA256: 3c01f8bf008d13e1224ababc468423bcfacd2d3ef17d6f8dc2f0946f2f37d3e1