How To Install qprint-doc on Debian 12

Learn how to install qprint-doc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. qprint-doc is qprint quoted-printable encoder/decoder (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qprint-doc on Debian 12.

What is qprint-doc

qprint-doc is:

Qprint is a command-line program that can encode or decode files from/to quoted-printable encoding (RFC1521). It can work with both text and binary data.

This package contains documentation for quoted-printable encoding and qprint program in PDF format and html version of qprint manual page.

There are three methods to install qprint-doc 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 qprint-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install qprint-doc

Install qprint-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install qprint-doc

Install qprint-doc 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 qprint-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qprint-doc

How To Uninstall qprint-doc on Debian 12

To uninstall only the qprint-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove qprint-doc

Uninstall qprint-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qprint-doc

Remove qprint-doc Configurations and Data

To remove qprint-doc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge qprint-doc

Remove qprint-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qprint-doc

Dependencies

qprint-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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