How To Install libgs9 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgs9 on Debian 11.
What is libgs9
libgs9 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 Ghostscript library which makes the facilities of GPL Ghostscript available to applications.
There are three methods to install libgs9 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgs9 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgs9 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgs9
Install libgs9 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgs9 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgs9
Install libgs9 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 libgs9 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgs9
How To Uninstall libgs9 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libgs9 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgs9
Uninstall libgs9 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgs9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgs9
Remove libgs9 Configurations and Data
To remove libgs9 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgs9
Remove libgs9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgs9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgs9
Dependencies
libgs9 have the following dependencies:
- libgs9-common
- poppler-data
- libc6
- libcups2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libidn11
- libijs-0.35
- libjbig2dec0
- libjpeg62-turbo
- liblcms2-2
- libopenjp2-7
- libpaper1
- libpng16-16
- libtiff5
- zlib1g
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgs9 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
