How To Install libpostscript-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpostscript-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpostscript-perl
libpostscript-perl is:
The PostScript module lets you generate PostScript files within a Perl script.
With PostScript::Element you can represent circles, boxes, lines and images such that they can be easily output as PostScript code. With PostScript::TextBlock you can write text blocks into your output file.
There are three methods to install libpostscript-perl 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 libpostscript-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpostscript-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpostscript-perl
Install libpostscript-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpostscript-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpostscript-perl
Install libpostscript-perl 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 libpostscript-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpostscript-perl
How To Uninstall libpostscript-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpostscript-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpostscript-perl
Uninstall libpostscript-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpostscript-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpostscript-perl
Remove libpostscript-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libpostscript-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpostscript-perl
Remove libpostscript-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpostscript-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpostscript-perl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpostscript-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
