How To Install libgs10 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgs10 on Debian 12.
What is libgs10
libgs10 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 provides the Ghostscript library which makes the facilities of GPL Ghostscript available to applications.
There are three methods to install libgs10 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgs10 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgs10 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgs10
Install libgs10 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgs10 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgs10
Install libgs10 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 libgs10 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgs10
How To Uninstall libgs10 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libgs10 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgs10
Uninstall libgs10 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgs10 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgs10
Remove libgs10 Configurations and Data
To remove libgs10 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgs10
Remove libgs10 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgs10 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgs10
Dependencies
libgs10 have the following dependencies:
- libgs10-common
- poppler-data
- libc6
- libcups2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libidn12
- libijs-0.35
- libjbig2dec0
- libjpeg62-turbo
- liblcms2-2
- libopenjp2-7
- libpaper1
- libpng16-16
- libtiff6
- libx11-6
- libxt6
- zlib1g
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgs10 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
