How To Install atril-common on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install atril-common on Ubuntu 20.04. atril-common is MATE document viewer (common files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install atril-common on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is atril-common

atril-common is:

Atril is a simple multi-page document viewer. It can display and print PostScript (PS), Encapsulated PostScript (EPS), DJVU, DVI and Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

This package contains the architecture independent files. Task: xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop

There are three methods to install atril-common on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install atril-common Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install atril-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install atril-common

Install atril-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install atril-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install atril-common

Install atril-common 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 atril-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install atril-common

How To Uninstall atril-common on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the atril-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove atril-common

Uninstall atril-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall atril-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove atril-common

Remove atril-common Configurations and Data

To remove atril-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge atril-common

Remove atril-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove atril-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge atril-common

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install atril-common package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.