How To Install xournal 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 xournal on Ubuntu.

What is xournal

xournal is:

Xournal is a GTK+ application for notetaking, sketching and keeping a journal using a stylus. It can also be used to add annotations to PDF files.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xournal

Install xournal Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xournal

Install xournal 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 xournal using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xournal

How To Uninstall xournal on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove xournal

Uninstall xournal And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xournal

Remove xournal Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xournal

Remove xournal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xournal

Dependencies

xournal have the following dependencies:

• libart-2.0-2
• libc6
• libcairo2
• libfontconfig1
• libfreetype6
• libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgnomecanvas2-0
• libgtk2.0-0
• libpango-1.0-0
• libpangocairo-1.0-0
• libpangoft2-1.0-0
• libpoppler-glib8
• libx11-6
• zlib1g

References

• xournal website

Summary

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