How To Install ghostscript.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghostscript.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. ghostscript.i686 is Interpreter for PostScript language & PDF

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghostscript.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is ghostscript.i686

This package provides useful conversion utilities based on Ghostscript software, for converting PS, PDF and other document formats between each other. Ghostscript is a suite of software providing an interpreter for Adobe Systems’ PostScript (PS) and Portable Document Format (PDF) page description languages. Its primary purpose includes displaying (rasterization & rendering) and printing of document pages, as well as conversions between different document formats.

We can use yum to install ghostscript.i686 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ghostscript.i686.

Install ghostscript.i686 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.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ghostscript.i686

How To Uninstall ghostscript.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the ghostscript.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove ghostscript.i686

ghostscript.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/dvipdf
/usr/bin/eps2eps
/usr/bin/ghostscript
/usr/bin/gs
/usr/bin/gsbj
/usr/bin/gsdj
/usr/bin/gsdj500
/usr/bin/gslj
/usr/bin/gslp
/usr/bin/gsnd
/usr/bin/lprsetup.sh
/usr/bin/pdf2dsc
/usr/bin/pdf2ps
/usr/bin/pf2afm
/usr/bin/pfbtopfa
/usr/bin/pphs
/usr/bin/printafm
/usr/bin/ps2ascii
/usr/bin/ps2epsi
/usr/bin/ps2pdf
/usr/bin/ps2pdf12
/usr/bin/ps2pdf13
/usr/bin/ps2pdf14
/usr/bin/ps2pdfwr
/usr/bin/ps2ps
/usr/bin/ps2ps2
/usr/bin/unix-lpr.sh
/usr/lib/ghostscript
/usr/lib/ghostscript/X11.so
/usr/share/man/de/man1/dvipdf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/eps2eps.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/gsnd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/pdf2dsc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/pdf2ps.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/printafm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/ps2ascii.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/ps2pdf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/ps2pdf12.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/ps2pdf13.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/ps2pdf14.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/ps2ps.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dvipdf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/eps2eps.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ghostscript.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gs.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gsbj.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gsdj.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gsdj500.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gslj.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gslp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gsnd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pdf2dsc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pdf2ps.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pf2afm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pfbtopfa.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/printafm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ps2ascii.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ps2epsi.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ps2pdf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ps2pdf12.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ps2pdf13.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ps2pdf14.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ps2pdfwr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ps2ps.1.gz

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghostscript.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.