How To Install epub-utils on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install epub-utils on Ubuntu 20.04. epub-utils is tools to work with the EPUB file format

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install epub-utils on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is epub-utils

epub-utils is:

The ebook-tools provide ways for accessing and converting different ebook file formats.

This package contains the following utilities:

  • einfo : provides some basic info about an EPUB document, such as metadata, reading order, etc.
  • lit2epub : converts a LIT file to EPUB (using convlit and zip).

There are three methods to install epub-utils on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install epub-utils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install epub-utils

Install epub-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install epub-utils

Install epub-utils 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 epub-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install epub-utils

How To Uninstall epub-utils on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the epub-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove epub-utils

Uninstall epub-utils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall epub-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove epub-utils

Remove epub-utils Configurations and Data

To remove epub-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge epub-utils

Remove epub-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge epub-utils

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install epub-utils package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.