How To Install ghostscript-tools-printing on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ghostscript-tools-printing on CentOS 8.
What is ghostscript-tools-printing
This package provides utilities for formatting and printing text files using either Ghostscript, or BubbleJet, DeskJet, DeskJet 500, and LaserJet printers. It also provides the utility ‘pphs’, which is useful for printing of Primary Hint Stream of a linearized PDF file.
We can use yum or dnf to install ghostscript-tools-printing on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ghostscript-tools-printing.
Install ghostscript-tools-printing on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install ghostscript-tools-printing using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ghostscript-tools-printing
Install ghostscript-tools-printing on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install ghostscript-tools-printing using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ghostscript-tools-printing
How To Uninstall ghostscript-tools-printing on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the ghostscript-tools-printing package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ghostscript-tools-printing
ghostscript-tools-printing Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/gsbj
/usr/bin/gsdj
/usr/bin/gsdj500
/usr/bin/gslj
/usr/bin/gslp
/usr/bin/pphs
/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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ghostscript-tools-printing on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.