How To Install qpdfview-pdf-mupdf-plugin on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qpdfview-pdf-mupdf-plugin on Kali Linux.

What is qpdfview-pdf-mupdf-plugin

qpdfview-pdf-mupdf-plugin 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.

This plugin adds support for the PDF format based on MUPDF library.

There are three methods to install qpdfview-pdf-mupdf-plugin 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 qpdfview-pdf-mupdf-plugin 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-pdf-mupdf-plugin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install qpdfview-pdf-mupdf-plugin

Install qpdfview-pdf-mupdf-plugin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install qpdfview-pdf-mupdf-plugin

Install qpdfview-pdf-mupdf-plugin 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install qpdfview-pdf-mupdf-plugin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qpdfview-pdf-mupdf-plugin

How To Uninstall qpdfview-pdf-mupdf-plugin on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the qpdfview-pdf-mupdf-plugin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove qpdfview-pdf-mupdf-plugin

Uninstall qpdfview-pdf-mupdf-plugin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall qpdfview-pdf-mupdf-plugin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qpdfview-pdf-mupdf-plugin

Remove qpdfview-pdf-mupdf-plugin Configurations and Data

To remove qpdfview-pdf-mupdf-plugin configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge qpdfview-pdf-mupdf-plugin

Remove qpdfview-pdf-mupdf-plugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qpdfview-pdf-mupdf-plugin

Dependencies

qpdfview-pdf-mupdf-plugin have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libjbig2dec0
• libjpeg62-turbo
• libmujs1
• libopenjp2-7
• libqt5core5a
• libqt5gui5
• libqt5widgets5
• libstdc++6

References

• qpdfview-pdf-mupdf-plugin website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qpdfview-pdf-mupdf-plugin package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.