How To Install printemf 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 printemf on Ubuntu.
What is printemf
printemf is:
libEMF is a C/C++ library which provides a drawing toolkit based on ECMA-234. The general purpose of this library is to create vector graphics files on POSIX systems which can be imported into OpenOffice.org or LibreOffice. Times have changed, though. These days, you can import SVGs, or even PDFs, into OpenOffice or LibreOffice. Those are much better choices than EMF files.
This package contains a tiny executable exposing some of libEMF’s capabilities to the command line.
There are three methods to install printemf 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 printemf Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install printemf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install printemf
Install printemf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install printemf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install printemf
Install printemf 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 printemf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install printemf
How To Uninstall printemf on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the printemf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove printemf
Uninstall printemf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall printemf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove printemf
Remove printemf Configurations and Data
To remove printemf configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge printemf
Remove printemf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove printemf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge printemf
Dependencies
printemf have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install printemf package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.