How To Install libmupdf-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmupdf-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmupdf-dev
libmupdf-dev is:
MuPDF is a lightweight PDF viewer and toolkit written in portable C. It also reads XPS, OpenXPS and ePub documents.
This package contains the static library and headers.
There are three methods to install libmupdf-dev 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 libmupdf-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmupdf-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmupdf-dev
Install libmupdf-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmupdf-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmupdf-dev
Install libmupdf-dev 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 libmupdf-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmupdf-dev
How To Uninstall libmupdf-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmupdf-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmupdf-dev
Uninstall libmupdf-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmupdf-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmupdf-dev
Remove libmupdf-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmupdf-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmupdf-dev
Remove libmupdf-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmupdf-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmupdf-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmupdf-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
