How To Install libpdf-reuse-perl on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpdf-reuse-perl on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libpdf-reuse-perl
libpdf-reuse-perl is:
PDF::Reuse could be used when you want to mass produce similar (but not identical) PDF documents and reuse templates, JavaScripts and some other components. It is functional to be fast, and to give your programs capacity to produce many pages per second and very big PDF documents if necessary.
The module produces PDF-1.4 files. Some features of PDF-1.5, like “object streams” and “cross reference streams”, are supported, but only at an experimental level. More testing is needed. (If you get problems with a new document from Acrobat 6 or 7, try to save it or recreate it as a PDF-1.4 document first, before using it together with this module.)
There are three methods to install libpdf-reuse-perl 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 libpdf-reuse-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpdf-reuse-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpdf-reuse-perl
Install libpdf-reuse-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpdf-reuse-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpdf-reuse-perl
Install libpdf-reuse-perl 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 libpdf-reuse-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpdf-reuse-perl
How To Uninstall libpdf-reuse-perl on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libpdf-reuse-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpdf-reuse-perl
Uninstall libpdf-reuse-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpdf-reuse-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpdf-reuse-perl
Remove libpdf-reuse-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libpdf-reuse-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpdf-reuse-perl
Remove libpdf-reuse-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpdf-reuse-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpdf-reuse-perl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpdf-reuse-perl package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
