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

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "xpdf" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install xpdf on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


    
        
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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 xpdf package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: xpdf
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.04-1ubuntu1.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/text
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Gilbert
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 305
Provides: pdf-viewer
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libpoppler58 (>= 0.41.0), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libx11-6, libxm4 (>= 2.3.4), libxt6
Recommends: poppler-utils, poppler-data, gsfonts-x11, cups-bsd
Conflicts: xpdf-common, xpdf-reader
Replaces: xpdf-common, xpdf-reader
Filename: pool/universe/x/xpdf/xpdf_3.04-1ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 100226
MD5sum: 0087880a0557beace1382602ba8b0aa4
SHA1: d4e015e87104df0bbbee6fb06bd10830cd48e897
SHA256: 3a9a2d3704a6b3e89a14653b04553490f3be2a20acfca094051de74b2d1279ac
SHA512: 0df97ce979ab189deef8aca0fcdce6acd3eb2da5ddd619bbb253a2ff1fb49066b4c7df7a3ab9b3824e1990975c3f93ab690406a809f27f3fbdbeb60420ea0475
Homepage: http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf
Description-en: Portable Document Format (PDF) reader
xpdf is a light-weight open source viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF)
files (also called 'Adobe Acrobat' or 'Acrobat' files). This is just the
xpdf viewer client; various command-line pdf tools are now provided via the
poppler-utils package.
Description-md5: fa7a14f325304cc49bbc0086a88d330e

Package: xpdf
Priority: optional
Section: universe/text
Installed-Size: 305
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Gilbert
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.04-1ubuntu1
Replaces: xpdf-common, xpdf-reader
Provides: pdf-viewer
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libpoppler58 (>= 0.41.0), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libx11-6, libxm4 (>= 2.3.4), libxt6
Recommends: poppler-utils, poppler-data, gsfonts-x11, cups-bsd
Conflicts: xpdf-common, xpdf-reader
Filename: pool/universe/x/xpdf/xpdf_3.04-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 100230
MD5sum: 3de8514294211c2f9c63dcabef7630b0
SHA1: 0d51553d1ebe0abfbe9d36ecffaccec9370ae934
SHA256: 521f32a086a181dfd43490be339f9769c4fec43ceedcac436c5a54b643d7572c
Description-en: Portable Document Format (PDF) reader
xpdf is a light-weight open source viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF)
files (also called 'Adobe Acrobat' or 'Acrobat' files). This is just the
xpdf viewer client; various command-line pdf tools are now provided via the
poppler-utils package.
Description-md5: fa7a14f325304cc49bbc0086a88d330e
Homepage: http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu