How To Install plakativ on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plakativ on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is plakativ
plakativ is:
This program is for situations when you want to create a large poster or banner but do not have a printer that supports large sheets of paper. Plakativ allows one to enlarge and split a PDF across multiple pages, creating another PDF with pages of the desired printable size. After printing, the pages can be glued together to form a larger poster. Features:
- lossless operation
- no pixel artifacts when upscaling if PDF contains vector graphics
- GUI with preview functionality
- complex layouter to save paper
- optimize by number of pages, output poster size or multiple of input area
This package contains the executable.
There are three methods to install plakativ 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 plakativ Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install plakativ using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plakativ
Install plakativ Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plakativ using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plakativ
Install plakativ 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 plakativ using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plakativ
How To Uninstall plakativ on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the plakativ package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plakativ
Uninstall plakativ And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plakativ and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plakativ
Remove plakativ Configurations and Data
To remove plakativ configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plakativ
Remove plakativ configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plakativ configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plakativ
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plakativ package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
