How To Install hocr-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hocr-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is hocr-gtk
hocr-gtk is:
Hocr-gtk is a GTK+ based graphical interface to the libhocr library. It can open multiple image formats and uses aspell for internal spell checking.
There are three methods to install hocr-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install hocr-gtk Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hocr-gtk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hocr-gtk
Install hocr-gtk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hocr-gtk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hocr-gtk
Install hocr-gtk 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 hocr-gtk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hocr-gtk
How To Uninstall hocr-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the hocr-gtk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hocr-gtk
Uninstall hocr-gtk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hocr-gtk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hocr-gtk
Remove hocr-gtk Configurations and Data
To remove hocr-gtk configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hocr-gtk
Remove hocr-gtk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hocr-gtk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hocr-gtk
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hocr-gtk package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
