How To Install mupdf on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mupdf on Debian 10.
What is mupdf
mupdf is:
MuPDF is a lightweight PDF viewer and toolkit written in portable C. It also reads XPS, OpenXPS and ePub documents.
The renderer in MuPDF is tailored for high quality anti-aliased graphics. It renders text with metrics and spacing accurate to within fractions of a pixel for the highest fidelity in reproducing the look of a printed page on screen.
There are three methods to install mupdf on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mupdf Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mupdf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mupdf
Install mupdf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mupdf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mupdf
Install mupdf 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 mupdf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mupdf
How To Uninstall mupdf on Debian 10
To uninstall only the mupdf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mupdf
Uninstall mupdf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mupdf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mupdf
Remove mupdf Configurations and Data
To remove mupdf configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mupdf
Remove mupdf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mupdf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mupdf
Dependencies
mupdf have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mupdf package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.