How To Install preview.app on Ubuntu

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

2 minutes • 369 words

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install preview.app on Ubuntu.

What is `preview.app`

preview.app is:

Preview is an application that can be used to display images. It is designed to be easy to use and will support all GNUstep features (images design support, pasteboard/services, printing and layout…). It tries to follow the NeXTSTEP spirit.

There are three methods to install preview.app 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 preview.app Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install preview.app

Install preview.app Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install preview.app using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install preview.app

Install preview.app 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 preview.app using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install preview.app

How To Uninstall preview.app on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the preview.app package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove preview.app

Uninstall preview.app And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove preview.app

Remove preview.app Configurations and Data

To remove preview.app configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge preview.app

Remove preview.app configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge preview.app

Dependencies

preview.app have the following dependencies:

References

preview.app website

Summary

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