How To Install libgs9 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgs9 on Ubuntu 20.04. libgs9 is interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - Library interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgs9 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `libgs9`

libgs9 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. Task: print-server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: libgs9 Architecture: amd64 Version: 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libs 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: 16159 Depends: libgs9-common (= 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4), poppler-data, libc6 (>= 2.29), libcups2 (>= 2.3~b6), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libfreetype6 (>= 2.10.1), libidn11 (>= 1.13), libijs-0.35 (>= 0.35), libjbig2dec0 (>= 0.16+20190905), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), liblcms2-2 (>= 2.6), libopenjp2-7 (>= 2.0.0), libpaper1, libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), libtiff5 (>= 4.0.3), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0) Filename: pool/main/g/ghostscript/libgs9_9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4_amd64.deb Size: 2170636 MD5sum: d9f0488f097ab9d7e1df8f863362298e SHA1: 0d4179422f4f5eea85e377efff22c14f7def0975 SHA256: c45634beb1ba8d3470b6bbe95f384bd64c3d39b22e266a566ae343c101566e13 Homepage: https://www.ghostscript.com/ Description-en: interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - Library 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.

There are three methods to install libgs9 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 libgs9 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgs9 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgs9

Install libgs9 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgs9 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgs9

Install libgs9 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 libgs9 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgs9

How To Uninstall libgs9 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libgs9 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgs9

Uninstall libgs9 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgs9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgs9

Remove libgs9 Configurations and Data

To remove libgs9 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgs9

Remove libgs9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgs9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgs9

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgs9 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.