How To Install pdftk-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pdftk-dbg on Debian 9.
What is pdftk-dbg
pdftk-dbg is:
If PDF is electronic paper, then PDFtk is an electronic stapler-remover, hole-punch, binder, secret-decoder-ring, and X-Ray-glasses. PDFtk is a simple tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents. Keep one in the top drawer of your desktop and use it to:
- Merge PDF documents
- Split PDF pages into a new document
- Decrypt input as necessary (password required)
- Encrypt output as desired
- Fill PDF Forms with FDF Data and/or Flatten Forms
- Apply a Background Watermark
- Report PDF on metrics, including metadata and bookmarks
- Update PDF Metadata
- Attach Files to PDF Pages or the PDF Document
- Unpack PDF Attachments
- Burst a PDF document into single pages
- Uncompress and re-compress page streams
- Repair corrupted PDF (where possible)
This package contains the debugging symbols for the pdftk package.
There are three methods to install pdftk-dbg 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 pdftk-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pdftk-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pdftk-dbg
Install pdftk-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pdftk-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pdftk-dbg
Install pdftk-dbg 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 pdftk-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pdftk-dbg
How To Uninstall pdftk-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the pdftk-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pdftk-dbg
Uninstall pdftk-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pdftk-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pdftk-dbg
Remove pdftk-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove pdftk-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pdftk-dbg
Remove pdftk-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pdftk-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pdftk-dbg
Dependencies
pdftk-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pdftk-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
