How To Install pdfresurrect on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install pdfresurrect in Fedora 36. pdfresurrect is PDF Analysis and Scrubbing Utility

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pdfresurrect on Fedora 36.

What is pdfresurrect

PDFResurrect is a tool aimed at analyzing PDF documents. The PDF format allows for previous document changes to be retained in a more recent version of the document, thereby creating a running history of changes for the document. This tool attempts to extract all previous versions while also producing a summary of changes between versions. This tool can also “scrub” or write data over the original instances of PDF objects that have been modified or deleted, in an effort to disguise information from previous versions that might not be intended for anyone else to read.

We can use yum or dnf to install pdfresurrect on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pdfresurrect.

Install pdfresurrect on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install pdfresurrect using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pdfresurrect

Install pdfresurrect on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install pdfresurrect using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pdfresurrect

How To Uninstall pdfresurrect on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the pdfresurrect package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pdfresurrect

pdfresurrect Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/pdfresurrect
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/40140c9271c85d90a0182ab8826b773de36729
/usr/share/doc/pdfresurrect
/usr/share/doc/pdfresurrect/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pdfresurrect/README
/usr/share/licenses/pdfresurrect
/usr/share/licenses/pdfresurrect/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/pdfresurrect.1.gz

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pdfresurrect on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).