How To Install impressive on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install impressive on Ubuntu 22.04. impressive is PDF presentation tool with eye candies

Introduction

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

What is impressive

impressive is:

Impressive is a program that displays presentation slides using OpenGL. Smooth alpha-blended slide transitions are provided for the sake of eye candy, but in addition to this, Impressive offers some unique tools that are really useful for presentations. Some of them are:

  • Overview screen
  • Highlight boxes
  • Spotlight effect
  • Presentation scripting and customization
  • Support of movies presentation
  • Active hyperlinks within PDFs

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install impressive

Install impressive Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install impressive

Install impressive 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 impressive using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install impressive

How To Uninstall impressive on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove impressive

Uninstall impressive And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove impressive

Remove impressive Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge impressive

Remove impressive configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge impressive

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Summary

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