How To Install ghostscript-dbg on Debian 10

Learn how to install ghostscript-dbg on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ghostscript-dbg is interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - Debug symbols

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghostscript-dbg on Debian 10.

What is ghostscript-dbg

ghostscript-dbg is:

GPL Ghostscript is used for PostScript/PDF preview and printing. Usually as a back-end to a program such as ghostview, it can display PostScript and PDF documents in an X11 environment.

This package contains the debugging symbols for ghostscript, ghostscript-x, and libgs9.

There are three methods to install ghostscript-dbg on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ghostscript-dbg Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ghostscript-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ghostscript-dbg

Install ghostscript-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ghostscript-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ghostscript-dbg

Install ghostscript-dbg Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install ghostscript-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ghostscript-dbg

How To Uninstall ghostscript-dbg on Debian 10

To uninstall only the ghostscript-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ghostscript-dbg

Uninstall ghostscript-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ghostscript-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ghostscript-dbg

Remove ghostscript-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove ghostscript-dbg configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ghostscript-dbg

Remove ghostscript-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ghostscript-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ghostscript-dbg

Dependencies

ghostscript-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghostscript-dbg package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.