How To Install paperwork-backend on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install paperwork-backend
on Debian 11.
What is paperwork-backend
paperwork-backend is:
This is the backend part of Paperwork. It manages: The work directory / Access to the documents, Indexing, Searching, Suggestions, Import, Export.
Paperwork is a personal document manager. It manages scanned documents and PDFs. It’s designed to be easy and fast to use. The idea behind Paperwork is “scan & forget”: You can just scan a new document and forget about it until the day you need it again. In other words, let the machine do most of the work for you.
There are three methods to install paperwork-backend
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install paperwork-backend Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install paperwork-backend
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install paperwork-backend
Install paperwork-backend Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install paperwork-backend
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install paperwork-backend
Install paperwork-backend 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 paperwork-backend
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install paperwork-backend
How To Uninstall paperwork-backend on Debian 11
To uninstall only the paperwork-backend
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove paperwork-backend
Uninstall paperwork-backend And Its Dependencies
To uninstall paperwork-backend
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove paperwork-backend
Remove paperwork-backend Configurations and Data
To remove paperwork-backend
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge paperwork-backend
Remove paperwork-backend configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove paperwork-backend
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge paperwork-backend
Dependencies
paperwork-backend have the following dependencies:
- python3-distro
- python3-levenshtein
- python3-natsort
- python3-pil
- python3-pycountry
- python3-pyocr
- python3-simplebayes
- python3-termcolor
- python3-whoosh
- python3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install paperwork-backend
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.