How To Install libpopplerkit-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpopplerkit-dev on Debian 9. libpopplerkit-dev is GNUstep framework for rendering PDF content (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpopplerkit-dev on Debian 9.

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 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 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 9

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 9, 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 9 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 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.