How To Install libevdocument3-4 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libevdocument3-4 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libevdocument3-4 is Document (PostScript, PDF) rendering library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevdocument3-4 on Debian 10.

What is libevdocument3-4

libevdocument3-4 is:

This package contains libevdocument, which performs the rendering of the documents.

It ships with a ps, pdf, dvi, tiff, djvu, comics and xps backend.

There are three methods to install libevdocument3-4 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 libevdocument3-4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libevdocument3-4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libevdocument3-4

Install libevdocument3-4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libevdocument3-4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libevdocument3-4

Install libevdocument3-4 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 libevdocument3-4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libevdocument3-4

How To Uninstall libevdocument3-4 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libevdocument3-4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libevdocument3-4

Uninstall libevdocument3-4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libevdocument3-4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libevdocument3-4

Remove libevdocument3-4 Configurations and Data

To remove libevdocument3-4 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libevdocument3-4

Remove libevdocument3-4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libevdocument3-4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libevdocument3-4

Dependencies

libevdocument3-4 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevdocument3-4 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.