How To Install zathura-djvu 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 zathura-djvu on Ubuntu.
What is zathura-djvu
zathura-djvu is:
zathura is a document viewer with a minimalistic and space saving interface. It offers a vim-like experience and has a focus on keyboard interaction. The key bindings, commands and most other settings can be customized.
Some of the features are:
- bookmarking pages
- printing the whole document or specific pages
- following links
- searching in the document
- browsing the document index
- SyncTex forward and backward synchronization
This package contains zathura’s DjVu plugin.
There are three methods to install zathura-djvu 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 zathura-djvu Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zathura-djvu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zathura-djvu
Install zathura-djvu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zathura-djvu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zathura-djvu
Install zathura-djvu 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 zathura-djvu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zathura-djvu
How To Uninstall zathura-djvu on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the zathura-djvu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zathura-djvu
Uninstall zathura-djvu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zathura-djvu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zathura-djvu
Remove zathura-djvu Configurations and Data
To remove zathura-djvu configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zathura-djvu
Remove zathura-djvu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zathura-djvu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zathura-djvu
Dependencies
zathura-djvu have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zathura-djvu package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.