How To Install ghostscript-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ghostscript-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04.
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. Build-Ids: 6c682c0ceb848512dc5a29dc1983e43d66d85d52 ef21e4bfaa0f96bc19968a39de1dbdfaf4235bf9 ccfc887329c5fb28ff304aff17aed74c08d49df9
Package: ghostscript-dbg Architecture: amd64 Version: 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4 Priority: extra Section: debug Source: ghostscript Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Printing Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 17239 Depends: libgs9 (= 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4) | ghostscript (= 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4) | ghostscript-x (= 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4) Filename: pool/main/g/ghostscript/ghostscript-dbg_9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4_amd64.deb Size: 16873716 MD5sum: 89a4efe9728890614579154c70be7588 SHA1: e329049779c0fbd9f0f702b3dd53063ec2cf4924 SHA256: a6263ebdadc58f992f290600e4497621dc014287e58beb9cec1533d7a82dd9d6 Homepage: https://www.ghostscript.com/ Description-en: interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - Debug symbols 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. Build-Ids: cd79c0795c5244687273278310b242bb867981d1 075b2190916450e9345c11d37d96656b0e9c6916 443f51696e6bd06826db0e5d62ad012d2ce11d76
There are three methods to install ghostscript-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ghostscript-dbg package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
