How To Install libpodofo-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpodofo-dev on Debian 9. libpodofo-dev is PoDoFo development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpodofo-dev on Debian 9.

What is libpodofo-dev

libpodofo-dev is:

The PoDoFo library is a free, portable C++ library which includes classes to parse PDF files and modify their contents into memory. The changes can be written back to disk easily. The parser can also be used to extract information from a PDF file (for example the parser could be used in a PDF viewer). Besides parsing PoDoFo includes also very simple classes to create your own PDF files. All classes are documented so it is easy to start writing your own application using PoDoFo.

This package contains the header development files used for building PoDoFo-enabled applications.

There are three methods to install libpodofo-dev 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 libpodofo-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 libpodofo-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpodofo-dev

Install libpodofo-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpodofo-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpodofo-dev

Install libpodofo-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libpodofo-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpodofo-dev

How To Uninstall libpodofo-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libpodofo-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpodofo-dev

Uninstall libpodofo-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpodofo-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpodofo-dev

Remove libpodofo-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libpodofo-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpodofo-dev

Remove libpodofo-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpodofo-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpodofo-dev

Dependencies

libpodofo-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpodofo-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.