catdoc software package provides Convert Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files to plain text, you can install in your Debian 9 (Stretch) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install catdoc
catdoc is installed in your system.
Make ensure the catdoc package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep catdoc *
You will get with catdoc package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 9 stretch |
| Section | Text Processing |
| Package | catdoc |
| Version | 1:0.94.3~git20160113.dbc9ec6+d |
| Description | Convert Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files to plain text |
| Sub Section | Text |
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