How to Install and Uninstall libpdf-api2-perl Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "libpdf-api2-perl" package

This guide let you learn how to install libpdf-api2-perl on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libpdf-api2-perl" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libpdf-api2-perl on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpdf-api2-perl package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libpdf-api2-perl
Architecture: all
Version: 2.038-3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/perl
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Perl Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 18861
Depends: perl:any, libfont-ttf-perl
Recommends: libpdf-api2-xs-perl, libimage-png-libpng-perl
Filename: pool/universe/libp/libpdf-api2-perl/libpdf-api2-perl_2.038-3_all.deb
Size: 1289760
MD5sum: a2a0eccab8eb82be55877851d5d36392
SHA1: d70b9aa6b7eb9d64d63b32ada76410b3580cf24d
SHA256: 65395b0c7f5a712d3d35ad5563d5c3a729ea78e1a59a4bc3014722c3f1f03c2a
SHA512: dd28c815bfcacec27a737253e342f77a3402f2fc24ff267fe4792cb89f6969a59fd3a08b87af9622fab6c04b986ddbbd0b91262a2f535e74d2c621c44d359ed3
Homepage: http://pdfapi2.sourceforge.net/
Description-en: module for creating or modifying PDF documents in Perl
PDF::API2 started as a nice API around the Text::PDF modules created by
Martin Hosken.
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Features:
- Works with more than one PDF file open at once
- It presents a object-oriented API to the user
- Supports the 14 base PDF Core Fonts
- Supports TrueType/OpenType fonts with both TT and CFF Outlines
- Supports Adobe-Type1 Fonts (pfb/pfa/afm)
- Supports native Embedding of bitmap images (jpeg, ppm, png)
- Supports modification of existing pdfs and import/cloning of pages
- Lite version of the API for first-timers
Description-md5: 2260fa722f82056655aca06d6581eaa7