How To Install evince-hwp on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install evince-hwp on Ubuntu 18.04. evince-hwp is Evince backend for HWP document format

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install evince-hwp on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is evince-hwp

evince-hwp is:

This is the document backend for Hangul Word Processor format backend for Evince document viewer.

Note that rendering is still in early stage. Complex texts, tables, images might be not shown or be displayed incorrectly.

There are three methods to install evince-hwp 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 evince-hwp Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install evince-hwp

Install evince-hwp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install evince-hwp

Install evince-hwp 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 evince-hwp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install evince-hwp

How To Uninstall evince-hwp on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the evince-hwp package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove evince-hwp

Uninstall evince-hwp And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove evince-hwp

Remove evince-hwp Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge evince-hwp

Remove evince-hwp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge evince-hwp

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Summary

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