How To Install libpoppler-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpoppler-dev on Debian 9.
What is libpoppler-dev
libpoppler-dev is:
Poppler is a PDF rendering library based on Xpdf PDF viewer.
This package contains the development libraries needed to build applications using Poppler.
There are three methods to install libpoppler-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpoppler-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 libpoppler-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpoppler-dev
Install libpoppler-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpoppler-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpoppler-dev
Install libpoppler-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libpoppler-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpoppler-dev
How To Uninstall libpoppler-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libpoppler-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpoppler-dev
Uninstall libpoppler-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpoppler-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpoppler-dev
Remove libpoppler-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpoppler-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpoppler-dev
Remove libpoppler-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpoppler-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpoppler-dev
Dependencies
libpoppler-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpoppler-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.