How To Install gv on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gv on Rocky Linux 8. gv is A X front-end for the Ghostscript PostScript(TM) interpreter

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gv on Rocky Linux 8.

What is gv

GNU gv is a user interface for the Ghostscript PostScript(TM) interpreter. Gv can display PostScript and PDF documents on an X Window System.

We can use yum or dnf to install gv on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gv.

Install gv 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 gv using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gv

Install gv 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 gv using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gv

How To Uninstall gv on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the gv package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gv

gv Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/ghostview
/usr/bin/gv
/usr/bin/gv-update-userconfig
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/bde8cc3ca8932324c052abb490c7491cdd7e76
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/bde8cc3ca8932324c052abb490c7491cdd7e76.1
/usr/share/applications/gv.desktop
/usr/share/doc/gv
/usr/share/doc/gv/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gv/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/gv/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gv/README
/usr/share/gv
/usr/share/gv/GV
/usr/share/gv/gv_system.ad
/usr/share/gv/safe-gs-workdir
/usr/share/info/gv.info.gz
/usr/share/licenses/gv
/usr/share/licenses/gv/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/gv-update-userconfig.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gv.1.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/gv.png

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gv on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.