How To Install libpoppler97 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpoppler97 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libpoppler97
libpoppler97 is:
Poppler is a PDF rendering library based on Xpdf PDF viewer.
This package contains the shared core library. Task: print-server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install libpoppler97 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 libpoppler97 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpoppler97 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpoppler97
Install libpoppler97 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpoppler97 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpoppler97
Install libpoppler97 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 libpoppler97 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpoppler97
How To Uninstall libpoppler97 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libpoppler97 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpoppler97
Uninstall libpoppler97 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpoppler97 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpoppler97
Remove libpoppler97 Configurations and Data
To remove libpoppler97 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpoppler97
Remove libpoppler97 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpoppler97 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpoppler97
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpoppler97 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
