How To Install libpdfrenderer-java on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpdfrenderer-java on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpdfrenderer-java
libpdfrenderer-java is:
The PDF Renderer is just what the name implies: an open source, all Java library which renders PDF documents to the screen using Java2D. Typically this means drawing into a Swing panel, but it could also draw to other Graphics2D implementations. It could be used to draw on top of PDFs, share them over a network, convert PDFs to PNG images, or maybe even project PDFs into a 3D scene.
There are three methods to install libpdfrenderer-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 libpdfrenderer-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 libpdfrenderer-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpdfrenderer-java
Install libpdfrenderer-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpdfrenderer-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpdfrenderer-java
Install libpdfrenderer-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 libpdfrenderer-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpdfrenderer-java
How To Uninstall libpdfrenderer-java on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpdfrenderer-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpdfrenderer-java
Uninstall libpdfrenderer-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpdfrenderer-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpdfrenderer-java
Remove libpdfrenderer-java Configurations and Data
To remove libpdfrenderer-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpdfrenderer-java
Remove libpdfrenderer-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpdfrenderer-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpdfrenderer-java
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpdfrenderer-java package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
