How To Install python3-pdfminer on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pdfminer on Debian 10.
What is python3-pdfminer
python3-pdfminer is:
PDFMiner is a tool for extracting information from PDF documents, which focuses entirely on getting and analyzing text data. It allows one to obtain the exact location of text portions in a page, as well as other information such as fonts or lines. It includes a PDF converter that can transform PDF files into other text formats (such as HTML). It has an extensible PDF parser that can be used for other purposes than text analysis.
This package provides the Python3 module and the command-line tools: pdf2txt, dumppdf and latin2ascii.
There are three methods to install python3-pdfminer on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python3-pdfminer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pdfminer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pdfminer
Install python3-pdfminer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pdfminer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-pdfminer
Install python3-pdfminer 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 python3-pdfminer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-pdfminer
How To Uninstall python3-pdfminer on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python3-pdfminer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-pdfminer
Uninstall python3-pdfminer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-pdfminer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pdfminer
Remove python3-pdfminer Configurations and Data
To remove python3-pdfminer configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pdfminer
Remove python3-pdfminer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-pdfminer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pdfminer
Dependencies
python3-pdfminer have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pdfminer package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.