How To Install rst2pdf on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rst2pdf on Debian 12.
What is rst2pdf
rst2pdf is:
The usual way of creating PDF files from reStructuredText is by going through LaTeX. This tool provides an alternative by producing PDF directly using the ReportLab library.
There are three methods to install rst2pdf 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 rst2pdf Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rst2pdf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rst2pdf
Install rst2pdf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rst2pdf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rst2pdf
Install rst2pdf 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 rst2pdf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rst2pdf
How To Uninstall rst2pdf on Debian 12
To uninstall only the rst2pdf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rst2pdf
Uninstall rst2pdf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rst2pdf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rst2pdf
Remove rst2pdf Configurations and Data
To remove rst2pdf configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rst2pdf
Remove rst2pdf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rst2pdf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rst2pdf
Dependencies
rst2pdf have the following dependencies:
- fontconfig
- python3-docutils
- python3-pkg-resources
- python3-pygments
- python3-reportlab
- python3-setuptools
- python3-simplejson
- python3-importlib-metadata
- python3-jinja2
- python3-packaging
- python3-smartypants
- python3-yaml
- python3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rst2pdf package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
