How To Install libpodofo-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpodofo-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpodofo-dev
libpodofo-dev is:
The PoDoFo library is a free, portable C++ library which includes classes to parse PDF files and modify their contents into memory. The changes can be written back to disk easily. The parser can also be used to extract information from a PDF file (for example the parser could be used in a PDF viewer). Besides parsing PoDoFo includes also very simple classes to create your own PDF files. All classes are documented so it is easy to start writing your own application using PoDoFo.
This package contains the header development files used for building PoDoFo-enabled applications.
There are three methods to install libpodofo-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 libpodofo-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 libpodofo-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpodofo-dev
Install libpodofo-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpodofo-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpodofo-dev
Install libpodofo-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 libpodofo-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpodofo-dev
How To Uninstall libpodofo-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpodofo-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpodofo-dev
Uninstall libpodofo-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpodofo-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpodofo-dev
Remove libpodofo-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpodofo-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpodofo-dev
Remove libpodofo-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpodofo-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpodofo-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpodofo-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
