How To Install qpdfview 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 qpdfview on Ubuntu.
What is qpdfview
qpdfview is:
qpdfview is a simple tabbed document viewer which uses the Poppler library for PDF rendering and CUPS for printing and provides a clear and simple Qt graphical user interface. Support for the DjVu and PostScript formats can be added via plugins.
Current features include:
- Outline, properties and thumbnail panes
- Scale, rotate and fit
- Fullscreen and presentation views
- Continuous and multi-page layouts
- Search for text (PDF and DjVu only)
- Configurable toolbars
- SyncTeX support (PDF only)
- Partial annotation support (PDF only, Poppler version 0.20.1 or newer)
- Partial form support (PDF only)
- Persistent per-file settings
- Support for DjVu and PostScript documents via plugins
There are three methods to install qpdfview 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 qpdfview Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qpdfview using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qpdfview
Install qpdfview Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qpdfview using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qpdfview
Install qpdfview 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 qpdfview using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qpdfview
How To Uninstall qpdfview on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the qpdfview package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qpdfview
Uninstall qpdfview And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qpdfview and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qpdfview
Remove qpdfview Configurations and Data
To remove qpdfview configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qpdfview
Remove qpdfview configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qpdfview configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qpdfview
Dependencies
qpdfview have the following dependencies:
- hicolor-icon-theme
- libqt5sql5-sqlite
- libqt5svg5
- qpdfview-pdf-poppler-plugin
- libc6
- libcups2
- libgcc-s1
- libqt5concurrent5
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5dbus5
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5printsupport5
- libqt5sql5
- libqt5widgets5
- libstdc++6
- libsynctex2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qpdfview package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.