How To Install pdftoipe on Debian 12

Learn how to install pdftoipe on Debian 12 with this tutorial. pdftoipe is converts arbitrary PDF file to XML file readable by Ipe

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pdftoipe on Debian 12.

What is pdftoipe

pdftoipe is:

Ipe is a drawing editor for creating figures, provided in package ipe.

This package contains a tool to convert drawings in PDF format to XML that can be used by ipe editor.

There are three methods to install pdftoipe 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 pdftoipe Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install pdftoipe using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pdftoipe

Install pdftoipe Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pdftoipe using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pdftoipe

Install pdftoipe 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 pdftoipe using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pdftoipe

How To Uninstall pdftoipe on Debian 12

To uninstall only the pdftoipe package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pdftoipe

Uninstall pdftoipe And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pdftoipe and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pdftoipe

Remove pdftoipe Configurations and Data

To remove pdftoipe configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pdftoipe

Remove pdftoipe configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove pdftoipe configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pdftoipe

Dependencies

pdftoipe have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pdftoipe package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.