How To Install rst2pdf 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 rst2pdf on Ubuntu.

What is `rst2pdf`

rst2pdf is:

The usual way of creating PDF files from reStructuredText is by going through LaTeX. This tool provides an alternative by producing PDF directly using the ReportLab library.

There are three methods to install rst2pdf 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 rst2pdf Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install rst2pdf using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install rst2pdf

Install rst2pdf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install rst2pdf using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install rst2pdf

Install rst2pdf 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 rst2pdf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rst2pdf

How To Uninstall rst2pdf on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the rst2pdf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rst2pdf

Uninstall rst2pdf And Its Dependencies

To uninstall rst2pdf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rst2pdf

Remove rst2pdf Configurations and Data

To remove rst2pdf configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rst2pdf

Remove rst2pdf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove rst2pdf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rst2pdf

Dependencies

rst2pdf have the following dependencies:

References

rst2pdf website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rst2pdf package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.