How To Install evince on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install evince on Ubuntu 20.04. evince is Document (PostScript, PDF) viewer Document (PostScript, PDF) viewer Document (PostScript, PDF) viewer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install evince on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is evince

evince is:

Evince is a simple multi-page document viewer. It can display and print PostScript (PS), Encapsulated PostScript (EPS), DjVu, DVI, Portable Document Format (PDF) and XML Paper Specification (XPS) files. When supported by the document, it also allows searching for text, copying text to the clipboard, hypertext navigation, and table-of-contents bookmarks. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: evince Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: gnome Installed-Size: 935 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.36.7-0ubuntu1 Replaces: libevdocument3-4 (« 3.29.91-2~) Provides: djvu-viewer, pdf-viewer, postscript-viewer Depends: evince-common (« 3.37), evince-common (>= 3.36), gsettings-desktop-schemas, libevdocument3-4 (= 3.36.7-0ubuntu1), libevview3-3 (= 3.36.7-0ubuntu1), shared-mime-info, dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.29), libcairo-gobject2 (>= 1.10.0), libcairo2 (>= 1.14.0), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.36.5), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.41.2), libgnome-desktop-3-19 (>= 3.17.92), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.21.6), libnautilus-extension1a (>= 3.28), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.37.5), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libsecret-1-0 (>= 0.7) Recommends: default-dbus-session-bus | dbus-session-bus Suggests: gvfs, nautilus-sendto, poppler-data, unrar Breaks: libevdocument3-4 (« 3.29.91-2~) Enhances: nautilus Conffiles: /etc/apparmor.d/abstractions/evince 42a52d9e876c2850c8347ced4c6910dd /etc/apparmor.d/usr.bin.evince 96771e1547d0b2136f7ca0452b2638c1 Description-en: Document (PostScript, PDF) viewer Evince is a simple multi-page document viewer. It can display and print PostScript (PS), Encapsulated PostScript (EPS), DjVu, DVI, Portable Document Format (PDF) and XML Paper Specification (XPS) files. When supported by the document, it also allows searching for text, copying text to the clipboard, hypertext navigation, and table-of-contents bookmarks. Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evince

Package: evince Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.36.0-2 Priority: optional Section: gnome Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 932 Provides: djvu-viewer, pdf-viewer, postscript-viewer Depends: evince-common (« 3.37), evince-common (>= 3.36), gsettings-desktop-schemas, libevdocument3-4 (= 3.36.0-2), libevview3-3 (= 3.36.0-2), shared-mime-info, dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.29), libcairo-gobject2 (>= 1.10.0), libcairo2 (>= 1.14.0), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.36.5), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.41.2), libgnome-desktop-3-19 (>= 3.17.92), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.21.6), libnautilus-extension1a (>= 3.28), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.37.5), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libsecret-1-0 (>= 0.7) Recommends: default-dbus-session-bus | dbus-session-bus Suggests: gvfs, nautilus-sendto, poppler-data, unrar Breaks: libevdocument3-4 (« 3.29.91-2~) Replaces: libevdocument3-4 (« 3.29.91-2~) Enhances: nautilus Filename: pool/main/e/evince/evince_3.36.0-2_amd64.deb Size: 249460 MD5sum: 44947c7fb6e755ed75ecff7c6429e75c SHA1: e9640b94064417a2fe576785044dfa39c4f33b31 SHA256: 903b0dd4490fca5c0659ea0dd71fc3f5cb9891d172bd301c0f604ee96a9cfd8e Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evince Description-en: Document (PostScript, PDF) viewer Evince is a simple multi-page document viewer. It can display and print PostScript (PS), Encapsulated PostScript (EPS), DjVu, DVI, Portable Document Format (PDF) and XML Paper Specification (XPS) files. When supported by the document, it also allows searching for text, copying text to the clipboard, hypertext navigation, and table-of-contents bookmarks. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

There are three methods to install evince 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 evince 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install evince

Install evince Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install evince

Install evince 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install evince

How To Uninstall evince on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove evince

Uninstall evince And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove evince

Remove evince Configurations and Data

To remove evince configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge evince

Remove evince configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge evince

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Summary

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