How To Install pdfchain on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pdfchain
on Debian 12.
What is pdfchain
pdfchain is:
The package includes features designed to handle PDF files in a easy way. Basically it can merge, split, add backgrounds or stamps and add attachments. There are some tools for extended needs, too.
The GUI is written in GTKmm, a C++ library for GTK+.
There are three methods to install pdfchain
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 pdfchain Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pdfchain
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pdfchain
Install pdfchain Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pdfchain
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pdfchain
Install pdfchain 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 pdfchain
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pdfchain
How To Uninstall pdfchain on Debian 12
To uninstall only the pdfchain
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pdfchain
Uninstall pdfchain And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pdfchain
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pdfchain
Remove pdfchain Configurations and Data
To remove pdfchain
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pdfchain
Remove pdfchain configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pdfchain
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pdfchain
Dependencies
pdfchain have the following dependencies:
- libatkmm-1.6-1v5
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libglibmm-2.4-1v5
- libgtkmm-3.0-1v5
- libsigc++-2.0-0v5
- libstdc++6
- pdftk-java
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pdfchain
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.