How To Install libgs-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgs-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libgs-dev

libgs-dev 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 the development files for the GPL Ghostscript library which makes the facilities of GPL Ghostscript available to applications.

There are three methods to install libgs-dev 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 libgs-dev 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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgs-dev

Install libgs-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgs-dev

Install libgs-dev 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.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libgs-dev

How To Uninstall libgs-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libgs-dev

Uninstall libgs-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgs-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgs-dev

Remove libgs-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libgs-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgs-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libgs-dev have the following dependencies:

• libgs9

References

• libgs-dev website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgs-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.