How To Install libgs-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgs-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 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 libgs-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgs-dev
How To Uninstall libgs-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgs-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
