How To Install r-cran-qpdf 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 r-cran-qpdf on Ubuntu.
What is r-cran-qpdf
r-cran-qpdf is:
Content-preserving transformations of PDF files such as split, combine, and compress. This package interfaces directly to the ‘qpdf’ C++ API and does not require any command line utilities. Note that ‘qpdf’ does not read actual content from PDF files: to extract text and data you need the ‘pdftools’ package.
There are three methods to install r-cran-qpdf 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 r-cran-qpdf Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-qpdf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-qpdf
Install r-cran-qpdf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-qpdf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-qpdf
Install r-cran-qpdf 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 r-cran-qpdf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-qpdf
How To Uninstall r-cran-qpdf on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the r-cran-qpdf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-qpdf
Uninstall r-cran-qpdf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-qpdf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-qpdf
Remove r-cran-qpdf Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-qpdf configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-qpdf
Remove r-cran-qpdf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-qpdf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-qpdf
Dependencies
r-cran-qpdf have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-qpdf package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.