How To Install gv on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gv on Debian 10.
What is gv
gv is:
gv is a comfortable viewer of PostScript and PDF files for the X Window System. It uses the ghostscript PostScript interpreter and is based on the classic X front-end for gs, ghostview, which it has replaced now.
There are three methods to install gv on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gv Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gv using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gv
Install gv Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gv using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gv
Install gv 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gv using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gv
How To Uninstall gv on Debian 10
To uninstall only the gv package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gv
Uninstall gv And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gv and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gv
Remove gv Configurations and Data
To remove gv configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gv
Remove gv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gv configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gv
Dependencies
gv have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gv package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.