Install poppler-data on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install poppler-data

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Quick installation of poppler-data:

Step 1: Update system:

	sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Install: poppler-data

Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:

	sudo apt-get install poppler-data

Package Details
Package:	poppler-data
Version:	0.4.5-2
Maintainer:	Ubuntu Developers
Home page:	http://poppler.freedesktop.org/
Description:	Encoding data for the poppler PDF rendering library This package contains the encoding data needed to view some PDF documents with libpoppler. . If CJK users want to view PDF files that contains their language, this package will help, such as cmap-adobe-{gb1,cns1,korea1,japan1,japan2}. Homepage: http://poppler.freedesktop.org/
Distro:	Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release:
Repo/Section:	misc

How to install poppler-data on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

First of all update your system with the command:

sudo apt-get update

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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.

After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.

If poppler-data is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L poppler-data' will give followin error.

deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L poppler-data
Package `poppler-data' is not installed.
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$

Installing poppler-data:

After system update use the following command to install poppler-data:

sudo apt-get install poppler-data

Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.

How to uninstall/remove poppler-data from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the poppler-data from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.

To remove the poppler-data following command is used:

sudo apt-get remove  poppler-data

Following command is used to remove the poppler-data package along with its dependencies:

sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove poppler-data

This will remove poppler-data and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.

Completely removing poppler-data with all configuration files:

Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:

sudo apt-get purge poppler-data

or you can use following command also:

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove poppler-data

Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with poppler-data package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.