How To Install ruby-pdf-reader on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-pdf-reader
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ruby-pdf-reader
ruby-pdf-reader is:
The PDF::Reader library implements a PDF parser conforming as much as possible to the PDF specification from Adobe. It provides programmatic access to the contents of a PDF file with a high degree of flexibility.
This is primarily a low-level library that should be used as the foundation for higher level functionality. There are a few exceptions to support very common use cases like extracting text from a page.
There are three methods to install ruby-pdf-reader
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 ruby-pdf-reader Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-pdf-reader
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-pdf-reader
Install ruby-pdf-reader Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-pdf-reader
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-pdf-reader
Install ruby-pdf-reader 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 ruby-pdf-reader
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-pdf-reader
How To Uninstall ruby-pdf-reader on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ruby-pdf-reader
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-pdf-reader
Uninstall ruby-pdf-reader And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-pdf-reader
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-pdf-reader
Remove ruby-pdf-reader Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-pdf-reader
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-pdf-reader
Remove ruby-pdf-reader configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-pdf-reader
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-pdf-reader
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-pdf-reader
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.