How To Install pagetools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pagetools
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is pagetools
pagetools is:
This program determines the skew angle for text, and works with black/white images in TIFF or PBM format. To achieve this, it uses an original algorithm based on a fast implementation of the Radon transform. This program is part of the Page Layout Detection Tools project, which aims to automate the layout detection in scanned page images.
There are three methods to install pagetools
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pagetools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pagetools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pagetools
Install pagetools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pagetools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pagetools
Install pagetools 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install pagetools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pagetools
How To Uninstall pagetools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the pagetools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pagetools
Uninstall pagetools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pagetools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pagetools
Remove pagetools Configurations and Data
To remove pagetools
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pagetools
Remove pagetools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pagetools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pagetools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pagetools
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.