How To Install python3-pikepdf 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 python3-pikepdf on Ubuntu.
What is python3-pikepdf
python3-pikepdf is:
pikepdf is a Python library to read and write PDFs with QPDF. Features include:
- Editing, manipulation and transformation of existing PDFs
- Based on the mature, proven QPDF C++ library
- Works with encrypted PDFs
- Supports all PDF compression filters
- Can create “fast web view” (linearized) PDFs
- Creates standards compliant PDFs that pass validation in other tools
- Automatically repairs damaged PDFs, just like QPDF
- Implements more of the PDF specification than existing Python PDF tools
- IPython notebook and Jupyter integration
There are three methods to install python3-pikepdf 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 python3-pikepdf Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pikepdf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pikepdf
Install python3-pikepdf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pikepdf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-pikepdf
Install python3-pikepdf 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 python3-pikepdf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-pikepdf
How To Uninstall python3-pikepdf on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the python3-pikepdf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-pikepdf
Uninstall python3-pikepdf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-pikepdf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pikepdf
Remove python3-pikepdf Configurations and Data
To remove python3-pikepdf configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pikepdf
Remove python3-pikepdf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-pikepdf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pikepdf
Dependencies
python3-pikepdf have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pikepdf package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.