How To Install okular on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install okular on Debian 10.
What is okular
okular is:
Okular is a universal document viewer with support for advanced document features, such as annotations, forms, and embedded files.
This package provides the document viewer application, plus plugins for a wide variety of document formats such as:
- PostScript (PS)
- Portable Document Format (PDF)
- OpenDocument Text (ODT)
- TeX Device independent file format (DVI)
- XML Paper Specification (XPS)
- G3 fax
- various electronic book formats: ComicBook, FictionBook, and Plucker
This package is part of the KDE graphics module.
There are three methods to install okular 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 okular Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install okular using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install okular
Install okular Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install okular using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install okular
Install okular 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 okular using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install okular
How To Uninstall okular on Debian 10
To uninstall only the okular package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove okular
Uninstall okular And Its Dependencies
To uninstall okular and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove okular
Remove okular Configurations and Data
To remove okular configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge okular
Remove okular configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove okular configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge okular
Dependencies
okular have the following dependencies:
- kinit
- kio
- libc6
- libfreetype6
- libjpeg62-turbo
- libkf5activities5
- libkf5archive5
- libkf5bookmarks5
- libkf5codecs5
- libkf5completion5
- libkf5configcore5
- libkf5configgui5
- libkf5configwidgets5
- libkf5coreaddons5
- libkf5i18n5
- libkf5iconthemes5
- libkf5itemviews5
- libkf5jobwidgets5
- libkf5kexiv2-15.0.0
- libkf5kiocore5
- libkf5kiowidgets5
- libkf5parts5
- libkf5pty5
- libkf5service-bin
- libkf5service5
- libkf5textwidgets5
- libkf5wallet-bin
- libkf5wallet5
- libkf5widgetsaddons5
- libkf5windowsystem5
- libkf5xmlgui5
- libokular5core8
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install okular package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
