How To Install pympress 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 pympress on Ubuntu.
What is pympress
pympress is:
Pympress is a little PDF reader written in Python using Poppler for PDF rendering and GTK+ for the GUI.
It is designed to be a dual-screen reader used for presentations and public talks, with two displays: the Content window for a projector, and the Presenter window for your laptop.
It comes with many great features:
- supports embedded videos
- text annotations displayed in the presenter window
- natively supports beamer’s notes on second screen!
There are three methods to install pympress 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 pympress Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pympress using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pympress
Install pympress Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pympress using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pympress
Install pympress 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 pympress using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pympress
How To Uninstall pympress on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the pympress package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pympress
Uninstall pympress And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pympress and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pympress
Remove pympress Configurations and Data
To remove pympress configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pympress
Remove pympress configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pympress configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pympress
Dependencies
pympress have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pympress package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.