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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "pdftk" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install pdftk on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "pdftk" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall pdftk on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: pdftk
Priority: optional
Section: universe/text
Installed-Size: 2955
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Johann Felix Soden
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.02-4
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libgcj16 (>= 5), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Suggests: xpdf-utils
Filename: pool/universe/p/pdftk/pdftk_2.02-4_amd64.deb
Size: 670504
MD5sum: 352f2c1c310a3e7dafa4c329b303755a
SHA1: 9366c6eb867d5280ebf3ea5e175713d26929948e
SHA256: 70995dff60c4e481060b1fecc4412caf536e6a505a6299db90cdb483cc0f59ad
Description-en: tool for manipulating PDF documents
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: 2905b599f3411f4e97d4b950ef9c2691
Homepage: https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu