How to install poppler-utils on Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa)?

In this article we are going to learn the commands and steps to install poppler-utils package on Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa).


 

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Quick installation of poppler-utils Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.86.1-0ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: foreign:

Step 1: Update system:

	sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Install: poppler-utils Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.86.1-0ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: foreign

Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:

	sudo apt-get install poppler-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.86.1-0ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign

Package Details

Package:poppler-utils Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.86.1-0ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: foreign
Version:0.86.1-0ubuntu1
Maintainer:Ubuntu Developers
Home page:http://poppler.freedesktop.org/
Description:PDF utilities (based on Poppler) Poppler is a PDF rendering library based on Xpdf PDF viewer. . This package contains command line utilities (based on Poppler) for getting information of PDF documents, convert them to other formats, or manipulate them: * pdfdetach -- lists or extracts embedded files (attachments) * pdffonts -- font analyzer * pdfimages -- image extractor * pdfinfo -- document information * pdfseparate -- page extraction tool * pdfsig -- verifies digital signatures * pdftocairo -- PDF to PNG/JPEG/PDF/PS/EPS/SVG converter using Cairo * pdftohtml -- PDF to HTML converter * pdftoppm -- PDF to PPM/PNG/JPEG image converter * pdftops -- PDF to PostScript (PS) converter * pdftotext -- text extraction * pdfunite -- document merging tool
Distro:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Release:
Repo/Section:utils

How to install poppler-utils Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.86.1-0ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: foreign on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS?

First of all update your system with the command:

sudo apt-get update

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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.

After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.

If poppler-utils Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.86.1-0ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: foreign is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L poppler-utils Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.86.1-0ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: foreign' will give followin error.


Installing poppler-utils Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.86.1-0ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: foreign:

After system update use the following command to install poppler-utils Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.86.1-0ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: foreign:

sudo apt-get install poppler-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.86.1-0ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign

Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.

How to uninstall/remove poppler-utils Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.86.1-0ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: foreign from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS?

Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the poppler-utils Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.86.1-0ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: foreign from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.

To remove the poppler-utils Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.86.1-0ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: foreign following command is used:

sudo apt-get remove  poppler-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.86.1-0ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign

Following command is used to remove the poppler-utils Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.86.1-0ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: foreign package along with its dependencies:

sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove poppler-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.86.1-0ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign

This will remove poppler-utils Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.86.1-0ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: foreign and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.

Completely removing poppler-utils Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.86.1-0ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: foreign with all configuration files:

Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:

sudo apt-get purge poppler-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.86.1-0ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign

or you can use following command also:

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove poppler-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.86.1-0ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign

Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with poppler-utils Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.86.1-0ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: foreign package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.