How To Install libcdr-doc on Debian 10

Learn how to install libcdr-doc on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libcdr-doc is library for reading and converting Corel DRAW files – documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcdr-doc on Debian 10.

What is libcdr-doc

libcdr-doc is:

libcdr is a library and a set of tools for reading and converting binary files produced by Corel DRAW.

libcdr currently supports just CDR files from V7 to X3 and the following features:

  • pages and page sizes
  • shapes, lines, Bezier curves, bitmaps
  • flat color fills, both RGB, CMYK, HLS and HSB
  • different kinds of strokes including dashed strokes

Above that libcdr provides a public API for rendering preview of pages for applications that have no notion of pages themselves.

This package contains the documentation

There are three methods to install libcdr-doc on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libcdr-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcdr-doc

Install libcdr-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcdr-doc

Install libcdr-doc 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libcdr-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcdr-doc

How To Uninstall libcdr-doc on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libcdr-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcdr-doc

Uninstall libcdr-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcdr-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcdr-doc

Remove libcdr-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libcdr-doc configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcdr-doc

Remove libcdr-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcdr-doc

Dependencies

libcdr-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcdr-doc package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.