How To Install ghostscript-x on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ghostscript-x
on Kali Linux.
What is ghostscript-x
ghostscript-x 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 GPL Ghostscript output device for X11.
There are three methods to install ghostscript-x
on Kali Linux. 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-x Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install ghostscript-x
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install ghostscript-x Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install ghostscript-x
using apt
by running the following command:
Install ghostscript-x Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install ghostscript-x
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall ghostscript-x on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ghostscript-x
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall ghostscript-x And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ghostscript-x
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove ghostscript-x Configurations and Data
To remove ghostscript-x
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove ghostscript-x configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ghostscript-x
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
ghostscript-x have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ghostscript-x
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.