How To Install ghostscript-cups.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghostscript-cups.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. ghostscript-cups.x86_64 is CUPS filter for interpreting PostScript and PDF

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghostscript-cups.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `ghostscript-cups.x86_64`

CUPS filter and conversion rules for interpreting PostScript and PDF.

We can use yum to install ghostscript-cups.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ghostscript-cups.x86_64.

Install ghostscript-cups.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ghostscript-cups.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ghostscript-cups.x86_64

How To Uninstall ghostscript-cups.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the ghostscript-cups.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove ghostscript-cups.x86_64

ghostscript-cups.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/cups/filter/gstopxl
/usr/lib/cups/filter/gstoraster
/usr/share/cups/mime/gstoraster.convs
/usr/share/cups/model/pxlcolor.ppd
/usr/share/cups/model/pxlmono.ppd

References

ghostscript-cups.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghostscript-cups.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.