How To Install xournalpp on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xournalpp
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is xournalpp
xournalpp is:
Xournal++ is a handwritten note taking program with the target of flexibility, functionality and speed. The stroke recognizer and other parts are based on Xournal, which you can find at Sourceforge. It supports GNU/Linux (e.g., Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, SUSE), macOS, and Windows 10. Supports pen input from devices such as Wacom Tablets.
Features:
- Supports pressure senstive styluses and digital pen tables (e.g. Wacom, Huion, XP Pen, etc. tablets)
- Paper backgrounds for notetaking, scratch paper, or whiteboarding
- Annotate on top of PDFs
- Export to a variety of formats including SVG, PNG and PDF, both from the GUI and command line
- Different drawing tools (e.g.pen, highlighter) and stroke styles (e.g. solid, dotted)
- Shape drawing (line, arrow, circle, rectangle, spline)
- Fill shape functionality
- Shape resizing and rotation
- Rotation and grid snapping for precise alignment of objects
- Input stabilization for smoother writing/drawing
- Text tool for adding text in different fonts, colors and sizes
- Enhanced support for image insertion
- Eraser with multiple configurations
- LaTeX support (requires a working LaTeX installation) with customizeable template
- Sidebar with Page Previews with advanced page sorting, PDF Bookmarks and Layers (can be individually hidden/edited)
- Allows maping different tools/colors etc. to stylus/mouse buttons
- Customizeable toolbar with multiple configurations, e.g. to optimize toolbar for portrait/landscape
- Page Template definitions
- Bug reporting, autosave, and auto backup tools
- Audio recording and playback alongside with handwritten notes
- Multi language support (over 20 languages supported)
- Plugins using Lua scripting
There are three methods to install xournalpp
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install xournalpp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xournalpp
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xournalpp
Install xournalpp Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xournalpp
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xournalpp
Install xournalpp 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 xournalpp
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xournalpp
How To Uninstall xournalpp on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the xournalpp
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xournalpp
Uninstall xournalpp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xournalpp
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xournalpp
Remove xournalpp Configurations and Data
To remove xournalpp
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xournalpp
Remove xournalpp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xournalpp
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xournalpp
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xournalpp
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.