How To Install pdfproctools on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install pdfproctools on Ubuntu 22.04. pdfproctools is PDF Processing Tools

Introduction

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

What is pdfproctools

pdfproctools is:

This package contains tools for PDF file processing.

SetPDFMetadata updates the metadata of a PDF file. In particular, it can be used to add outlines (bookmarks) to a document. Furthermore, it can set the document properties (e.g. author, title, keywords, creator, producer).

PDFEmbedFonts embeds all referenced fonts into a PDF file. Optionally, it can also linearize the PDF file for online publication (“fast web view”, “optimized”).

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pdfproctools

Install pdfproctools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pdfproctools

Install pdfproctools 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 pdfproctools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pdfproctools

How To Uninstall pdfproctools on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove pdfproctools

Uninstall pdfproctools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pdfproctools

Remove pdfproctools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pdfproctools

Remove pdfproctools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pdfproctools

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Summary

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