How To Install r-cran-qpdf on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-qpdf on Kali Linux. r-cran-qpdf is GNU R split, combine and compress PDF files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-qpdf on Kali Linux.

What is r-cran-qpdf

r-cran-qpdf is:

Content-preserving transformations of PDF files such as split, combine, and compress. This package interfaces directly to the ‘qpdf’ C++ API and does not require any command line utilities. Note that ‘qpdf’ does not read actual content from PDF files: to extract text and data you need the ‘pdftools’ package.

There are three methods to install r-cran-qpdf 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 r-cran-qpdf Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-qpdf

Install r-cran-qpdf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-qpdf using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install r-cran-qpdf

Install r-cran-qpdf 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 r-cran-qpdf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-qpdf

How To Uninstall r-cran-qpdf on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the r-cran-qpdf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-qpdf

Uninstall r-cran-qpdf And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-qpdf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-qpdf

Remove r-cran-qpdf Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-qpdf configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-qpdf

Remove r-cran-qpdf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove r-cran-qpdf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-qpdf

Dependencies

r-cran-qpdf have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-qpdf package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.