How To Install qpdf on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qpdf on AlmaLinux 8.
What is qpdf
QPDF is a command-line program that does structural, content-preserving transformations on PDF files. It could have been called something like pdf-to-pdf. It includes support for merging and splitting PDFs and to manipulate the list of pages in a PDF file. It is not a PDF viewer or a program capable of converting PDF into other formats.
We can use yum or dnf to install qpdf on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install qpdf.
Install qpdf on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install qpdf using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install qpdf
Install qpdf on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install qpdf using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install qpdf
How To Uninstall qpdf on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the qpdf package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove qpdf
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qpdf on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
