How To Install pdfproctools on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pdfproctools on Kali Linux.
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 Kali Linux. 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pdfproctools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pdfproctoolsInstall pdfproctools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pdfproctools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pdfproctoolsInstall pdfproctools Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pdfproctools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pdfproctoolsHow To Uninstall pdfproctools on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the pdfproctools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pdfproctoolsUninstall pdfproctools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pdfproctools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pdfproctoolsRemove pdfproctools Configurations and Data
To remove pdfproctools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pdfproctoolsRemove 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 pdfproctoolsDependencies
pdfproctools have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pdfproctools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.