How To Install viewpdf.app on Debian 12

Learn how to install viewpdf.app on Debian 12 with this tutorial. viewpdf.app is Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer for GNUstep

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install viewpdf.app on Debian 12.

What is `viewpdf.app`

viewpdf.app is:

ViewPDF is an application to view and navigate in PDF documents.

Key Features

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There are three methods to install viewpdf.app 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 viewpdf.app Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install viewpdf.app using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install viewpdf.app

Install viewpdf.app Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install viewpdf.app using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install viewpdf.app

Install viewpdf.app 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 viewpdf.app using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install viewpdf.app

How To Uninstall viewpdf.app on Debian 12

To uninstall only the viewpdf.app package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove viewpdf.app

Uninstall viewpdf.app And Its Dependencies

To uninstall viewpdf.app and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove viewpdf.app

Remove viewpdf.app Configurations and Data

To remove viewpdf.app configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge viewpdf.app

Remove viewpdf.app configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove viewpdf.app configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge viewpdf.app

Dependencies

viewpdf.app have the following dependencies:

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Summary

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