How to Install and Uninstall pdfgrep Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 07,2024

1. Install "pdfgrep" package

Please follow the guidance below to install pdfgrep on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall pdfgrep on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                pdfgrep
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the pdfgrep package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: pdfgrep
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 64
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Christoph Egger
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.4.1-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libpcre3, libpoppler-cpp0 (>= 0.16), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Filename: pool/universe/p/pdfgrep/pdfgrep_1.4.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 21074
MD5sum: 356987df4a78bf444578ae007c9b1e6e
SHA1: 78bf737eb96ab37a76aea3995d3add92513b6a79
SHA256: 44927dcc8369791117447cce518091635acddcb77b2c81832f30125ecb685195
Description-en: search in pdf files for strings matching a regular expression
Pdfgrep is a tool to search text in PDF files. It works similar to
`grep'.
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Features:
- search for regular expressions.
- support for some important grep options, including:
+ filename output.
+ page number output.
+ optional case insensitivity.
+ count occurrences.
- and the most important feature: color output!
Description-md5: 8c8a5397f782d81d957740280eb8f352
Homepage: http://pdfgrep.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu