How To Install atril on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install atril on Ubuntu.

What is `atril`

atril is:

Atril is a simple multi-page document viewer. It can display and print PostScript (PS), Encapsulated PostScript (EPS), DJVU, DVI and Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

When supported by the document, it also allows searching for text, copying text to the clipboard, hypertext navigation, and table-of-contents bookmarks.

There are three methods to install atril on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install atril Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install atril

Install atril Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install atril

Install atril 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 atril using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install atril

How To Uninstall atril on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove atril

Uninstall atril And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove atril

Remove atril Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge atril

Remove atril configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge atril

Dependencies

atril have the following dependencies:

References

atril website

Summary

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