How To Install libevince-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libevince-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libevince-dev
libevince-dev is:
This package contains evince-related libraries for rendering and displaying Evince documents like PostScript (PS), Encapsulated PostScript (EPS), DjVu, DVI, Portable Document Format (PDF) and XML Paper Specification (XPS) files.
- libevdocument, which performs the rendering of the documents
- libevview, which provides GTK+ widgets for displaying documents
This package provides the development headers, static libraries and documentation.
Package: libevince-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.36.0-2 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: evince Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 2633 Depends: gir1.2-evince-3.0 (= 3.36.0-2), libevdocument3-4 (= 3.36.0-2), libevview3-3 (= 3.36.0-2), libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.38.0), libgtk-3-dev (>= 3.16.0) Filename: pool/main/e/evince/libevince-dev_3.36.0-2_amd64.deb Size: 150644 MD5sum: dca77f10da1cf4a32fa6c62eeb7af2e4 SHA1: 6077ea20e012d4cfbc56689db9f8e0715cf175b9 SHA256: d6a7deb1ac17482cc514a28458fdfd330be1ce37513267a601675527f2b5e3b0 Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evince Description-en: Document (PostScript, PDF) rendering library - development files This package contains evince-related libraries for rendering and displaying Evince documents like PostScript (PS), Encapsulated PostScript (EPS), DjVu, DVI, Portable Document Format (PDF) and XML Paper Specification (XPS) files.
- libevdocument, which performs the rendering of the documents
- libevview, which provides GTK+ widgets for displaying documents
This package provides the development headers, static libraries and documentation.
There are three methods to install libevince-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libevince-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libevince-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libevince-dev
Install libevince-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libevince-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libevince-dev
Install libevince-dev 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libevince-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libevince-dev
How To Uninstall libevince-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libevince-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libevince-dev
Uninstall libevince-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libevince-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libevince-dev
Remove libevince-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libevince-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libevince-dev
Remove libevince-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libevince-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libevince-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libevince-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
