How To Install evince-gtk on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install evince-gtk on Debian 9.
What is evince-gtk
evince-gtk is:
This package is a transitional dummy package. It can be safely removed.
There are three methods to install evince-gtk on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install evince-gtk Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install evince-gtk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install evince-gtk
Install evince-gtk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install evince-gtk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install evince-gtk
Install evince-gtk Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install evince-gtk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install evince-gtk
How To Uninstall evince-gtk on Debian 9
To uninstall only the evince-gtk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove evince-gtk
Uninstall evince-gtk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall evince-gtk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove evince-gtk
Remove evince-gtk Configurations and Data
To remove evince-gtk configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge evince-gtk
Remove evince-gtk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove evince-gtk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge evince-gtk
Dependencies
evince-gtk have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install evince-gtk package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
