How To Install page-crunch on Debian 10

Learn how to install page-crunch on Debian 10 with this tutorial. page-crunch is PDF and PS manipulation for printing needs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install page-crunch on Debian 10.

What is page-crunch

page-crunch is:

Converts PDF and PS files to new PDF and PS documents with several sheets on the same page, or with resized or rotated sheets. It also can generate a book ready to print.

It acts as a graphical frontend to psutils programs, like psnup and psbook, and runs viewers such as xpdf and gv for preview once the processing is done. The GUI is made in Tcl/Tk.

There are three methods to install page-crunch on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install page-crunch Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install page-crunch using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install page-crunch

Install page-crunch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install page-crunch

Install page-crunch 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 page-crunch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install page-crunch

How To Uninstall page-crunch on Debian 10

To uninstall only the page-crunch package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove page-crunch

Uninstall page-crunch And Its Dependencies

To uninstall page-crunch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove page-crunch

Remove page-crunch Configurations and Data

To remove page-crunch configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge page-crunch

Remove page-crunch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge page-crunch

Dependencies

page-crunch have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install page-crunch package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.