How To Install mupdf on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install mupdf on Ubuntu 22.04. mupdf is lightweight PDF viewer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mupdf on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is mupdf

mupdf is:

MuPDF is a lightweight PDF viewer and toolkit written in portable C. It also reads XPS, OpenXPS and ePub documents.

The renderer in MuPDF is tailored for high quality anti-aliased graphics. It renders text with metrics and spacing accurate to within fractions of a pixel for the highest fidelity in reproducing the look of a printed page on screen.

There are three methods to install mupdf 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 mupdf Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mupdf

Install mupdf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mupdf

Install mupdf 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 mupdf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mupdf

How To Uninstall mupdf on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove mupdf

Uninstall mupdf And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mupdf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mupdf

Remove mupdf Configurations and Data

To remove mupdf configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mupdf

Remove mupdf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mupdf

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mupdf package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.