How To Install qpdfview on Debian 12

Learn how to install qpdfview on Debian 12 with this tutorial. qpdfview is tabbed document viewer

Introduction

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

What is qpdfview

qpdfview is:

qpdfview is a simple tabbed document viewer which uses the Poppler library for PDF rendering and CUPS for printing and provides a clear and simple Qt graphical user interface. Support for the DjVu and PostScript formats can be added via plugins.

Current features include:

  • Outline, properties and thumbnail panes
  • Scale, rotate and fit
  • Fullscreen and presentation views
  • Continuous and multi-page layouts
  • Search for text (PDF and DjVu only)
  • Configurable toolbars
  • SyncTeX support (PDF only)
  • Partial annotation support (PDF only, Poppler version 0.20.1 or newer)
  • Partial form support (PDF only)
  • Persistent per-file settings
  • Support for DjVu and PostScript documents via plugins

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install qpdfview

Install qpdfview Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install qpdfview

Install qpdfview 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 qpdfview using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qpdfview

How To Uninstall qpdfview on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove qpdfview

Uninstall qpdfview And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qpdfview

Remove qpdfview Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge qpdfview

Remove qpdfview configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qpdfview

Dependencies

qpdfview have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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