How To Install ghostscript-x11 on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ghostscript-x11 on Rocky Linux 8.
What is ghostscript-x11
This package provides X11-based driver for Ghostscript, which enables displaying of various document files (including PS and PDF).
We can use yum or dnf to install ghostscript-x11 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ghostscript-x11.
Install ghostscript-x11 on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install ghostscript-x11 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ghostscript-x11
Install ghostscript-x11 on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install ghostscript-x11 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ghostscript-x11
How To Uninstall ghostscript-x11 on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the ghostscript-x11 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ghostscript-x11
ghostscript-x11 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/db
/usr/lib/.build-id/db/4de3e13de43bd5fa091df668b22046413b5fb6
/usr/lib64/ghostscript
/usr/lib64/ghostscript/X11.so
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ghostscript-x11 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
