How To Install libpdfbox-java on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpdfbox-java on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpdfbox-java
libpdfbox-java is:
The Apache PDFBox library is an open source Java tool for working with PDF documents. This project allows creation of new PDF documents, manipulation of existing documents and the ability to extract content from documents.
This package contains the library itself.
There are three methods to install libpdfbox-java 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 libpdfbox-java Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpdfbox-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpdfbox-java
Install libpdfbox-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpdfbox-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpdfbox-java
Install libpdfbox-java 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 libpdfbox-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpdfbox-java
How To Uninstall libpdfbox-java on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpdfbox-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpdfbox-java
Uninstall libpdfbox-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpdfbox-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpdfbox-java
Remove libpdfbox-java Configurations and Data
To remove libpdfbox-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpdfbox-java
Remove libpdfbox-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpdfbox-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpdfbox-java
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpdfbox-java package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
