How To Install libpopplerkit-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpopplerkit-dev on Debian 12.
What is libpopplerkit-dev
libpopplerkit-dev is:
PopplerKit is a GNUstep framework for accessing and rendering PDF content. It is based on the poppler library.
Its features are:
- Render PDF content.
- Extract text from a PDF document.
- Access a PDF document’s outline.
- Search in PDF documents.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libpopplerkit-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpopplerkit-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 libpopplerkit-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpopplerkit-dev
Install libpopplerkit-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpopplerkit-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpopplerkit-dev
Install libpopplerkit-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 libpopplerkit-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpopplerkit-dev
How To Uninstall libpopplerkit-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libpopplerkit-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpopplerkit-dev
Uninstall libpopplerkit-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpopplerkit-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpopplerkit-dev
Remove libpopplerkit-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpopplerkit-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpopplerkit-dev
Remove libpopplerkit-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpopplerkit-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpopplerkit-dev
Dependencies
libpopplerkit-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpopplerkit-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.