How To Install pdftk-java on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pdftk-java
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is pdftk-java
pdftk-java 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)
There are three methods to install pdftk-java
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pdftk-java 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-java
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pdftk-java
Install pdftk-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pdftk-java
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pdftk-java
Install pdftk-java 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 pdftk-java
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pdftk-java
How To Uninstall pdftk-java on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the pdftk-java
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pdftk-java
Uninstall pdftk-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pdftk-java
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pdftk-java
Remove pdftk-java Configurations and Data
To remove pdftk-java
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pdftk-java
Remove pdftk-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pdftk-java
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pdftk-java
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pdftk-java
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.