How To Install ghostscript-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ghostscript-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ghostscript-dbg
ghostscript-dbg 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 contains the debugging symbols for ghostscript, ghostscript-x, and libgs9.
There are three methods to install ghostscript-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ghostscript-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ghostscript-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ghostscript-dbg
Install ghostscript-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ghostscript-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ghostscript-dbg
Install ghostscript-dbg 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 ghostscript-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ghostscript-dbg
How To Uninstall ghostscript-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ghostscript-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ghostscript-dbg
Uninstall ghostscript-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ghostscript-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ghostscript-dbg
Remove ghostscript-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove ghostscript-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ghostscript-dbg
Remove ghostscript-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ghostscript-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ghostscript-dbg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ghostscript-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
