How To Install libgs-common on Debian 12

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgs-common on Debian 12.

What is libgs-common

libgs-common 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 provides common ICC profiles.

There are three methods to install libgs-common on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgs-common Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgs-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgs-common

Install libgs-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgs-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgs-common

Install libgs-common 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 libgs-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgs-common

How To Uninstall libgs-common on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libgs-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgs-common

Uninstall libgs-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgs-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgs-common

Remove libgs-common Configurations and Data

To remove libgs-common configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgs-common

Remove libgs-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgs-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgs-common

Dependencies

libgs-common have the following dependencies:

References

• libgs-common website
• libgs-common on packages.debian.org

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgs-common package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.