How To Install ghostscript-x on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ghostscript-x
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Package: ghostscript-x Architecture: amd64 Version: 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4 Priority: optional Section: text Source: ghostscript Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Printing Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 216 Depends: ghostscript (= 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4), libc6 (>= 2.14), libx11-6, libxt6 Filename: pool/main/g/ghostscript/ghostscript-x_9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4_amd64.deb Size: 43956 MD5sum: b048ab9f45fdac9a8529a5a9c04f6b05 SHA1: 42b4a48c92917834e405b79cf45558796c769616 SHA256: 91ea39d7c14ac42375ab56d8d6bdd1172d9420a4b7abd09932b50b5a2ca560a1 Homepage: https://www.ghostscript.com/ Description-en: interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - X11 support 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. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install ghostscript-x
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-x 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-x
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ghostscript-x
Install ghostscript-x Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ghostscript-x
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ghostscript-x
Install ghostscript-x 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-x
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ghostscript-x
How To Uninstall ghostscript-x on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ghostscript-x
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ghostscript-x
Uninstall ghostscript-x And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ghostscript-x
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ghostscript-x
Remove ghostscript-x Configurations and Data
To remove ghostscript-x
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ghostscript-x
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:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ghostscript-x
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ghostscript-x
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.