How To Install pdfproctools on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pdfproctools on Debian 12.
What is pdfproctools
pdfproctools is:
This package contains tools for PDF file processing.
SetPDFMetadata updates the metadata of a PDF file. In particular, it can be used to add outlines (bookmarks) to a document. Furthermore, it can set the document properties (e.g. author, title, keywords, creator, producer).
PDFEmbedFonts embeds all referenced fonts into a PDF file. Optionally, it can also linearize the PDF file for online publication (“fast web view”, “optimized”).
There are three methods to install pdfproctools 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 pdfproctools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pdfproctools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pdfproctools
Install pdfproctools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pdfproctools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pdfproctools
Install pdfproctools 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 pdfproctools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pdfproctools
How To Uninstall pdfproctools on Debian 12
To uninstall only the pdfproctools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pdfproctools
Uninstall pdfproctools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pdfproctools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pdfproctools
Remove pdfproctools Configurations and Data
To remove pdfproctools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pdfproctools
Remove pdfproctools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pdfproctools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pdfproctools
Dependencies
pdfproctools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pdfproctools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
