How To Install poppler-data 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 poppler-data on Ubuntu.
What is poppler-data
poppler-data is:
This package provides the CMap tables required to display PDF documents containing CJK characters with libpoppler. They were previously provided by the packages cmap-adobe-{cns1,gb1,japan1,japan2,korea1} and gs-cjk-resource.
Users who want to view or create PDF files in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean without embedded fonts will need this package.
There are three methods to install poppler-data 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 poppler-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install poppler-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install poppler-data
Install poppler-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install poppler-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install poppler-data
Install poppler-data 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 poppler-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install poppler-data
How To Uninstall poppler-data on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the poppler-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove poppler-data
Uninstall poppler-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall poppler-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove poppler-data
Remove poppler-data Configurations and Data
To remove poppler-data configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge poppler-data
Remove poppler-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove poppler-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge poppler-data
Dependencies
poppler-data have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install poppler-data package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.