How to Install and Uninstall pdftk Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "pdftk" package

This guide let you learn how to install pdftk on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                pdftk
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "pdftk" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall pdftk on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                pdftk
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the pdftk package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: pdftk
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.02-5
Priority: extra
Section: universe/oldlibs
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Johann Felix Soden
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 20
Depends: pdftk-java
Filename: pool/universe/p/pdftk/pdftk_2.02-5_amd64.deb
Size: 6228
MD5sum: ffe9a6d9c920bbefcd278c413f6029ef
SHA1: 12ad611378a4c3f1aaaad5dc2be57679a843efbc
SHA256: 9510c078561c1ba8baf5b3953b460859ce8d35bb33cc205bf78914c1e40f4680
SHA512: 0701deb06e12f10733e5949af9fb92f76a847063e83005f7845a14447cfa6d30d1204dcc7664ece1e1efe2e1baaf1a8ba13678080c8a96f77df85f18895ee86d
Homepage: https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/
Description-en: transitional package for pdftk, a tool for manipulating PDF documents
PDFtk is no longer available in Debian. This package enables an upgrade to
pdftk-java, a port of PDFtk to Java. This package can be safely removed.
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If PDF is electronic paper, then PDFtk is an electronic stapler-remover,
hole-punch, binder, secret-decoder-ring, and X-Ray-glasses. PDFtk is a
simple tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents. Keep one in the
top drawer of your desktop and use it to:
- Merge PDF documents
- Split PDF pages into a new document
- Decrypt input as necessary (password required)
- Encrypt output as desired
- Fill PDF Forms with FDF Data and/or Flatten Forms
- Apply a Background Watermark
- Report PDF on metrics, including metadata and bookmarks
- Update PDF Metadata
- Attach Files to PDF Pages or the PDF Document
- Unpack PDF Attachments
- Burst a PDF document into single pages
- Uncompress and re-compress page streams
- Repair corrupted PDF (where possible)
Description-md5: 62f11b9202356ca04087aafbe9219017