How to Install and Uninstall antiword Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "antiword" package

Learn how to install antiword on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall antiword on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: antiword
Priority: optional
Section: universe/text
Installed-Size: 614
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Olly Betts
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.37-11
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/a/antiword/antiword_0.37-11_amd64.deb
Size: 126562
MD5sum: 54a0eadb762f0ba22d4ff7ff4eeef513
SHA1: f45f242274aa21381f1634b62ef437acfe17e6ee
SHA256: 9d0fb50b5868ea4cf6fa8d5b854fef77f9bd95cbd93252bcd6a7978c2526c60d
Description-en: Converts MS Word files to text, PS, PDF and XML
Antiword is a free MS Word reader.
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It converts the binary files from MS Word 2, 6, 7, 97, 2000 and 2003 to text,
Postscript, PDF and XML.
Description-md5: 79f75cfdc1b3cbfee176f7bedbfa4324
Homepage: http://www.winfield.demon.nl/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu