How To Install sisu-pdf on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install sisu-pdf on Ubuntu 18.04. sisu-pdf is dependencies to convert SiSU LaTeX output to pdf

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sisu-pdf on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is sisu-pdf

sisu-pdf is:

SiSU is a lightweight markup based document structuring, publishing and search framework for document collections.

This package enables the conversion of SiSU LaTeX output to pdf.

There are three methods to install sisu-pdf on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install sisu-pdf Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sisu-pdf

Install sisu-pdf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sisu-pdf

Install sisu-pdf 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install sisu-pdf

How To Uninstall sisu-pdf on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the sisu-pdf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sisu-pdf

Uninstall sisu-pdf And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sisu-pdf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sisu-pdf

Remove sisu-pdf Configurations and Data

To remove sisu-pdf configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sisu-pdf

Remove sisu-pdf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sisu-pdf

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sisu-pdf package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.