How To Install ps2eps on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ps2eps on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ps2eps
ps2eps is:
ps2eps is a tool to produce Encapsulated PostScript Files (EPS/EPSF) from usual one-paged Postscript documents. It calculates correct Bounding Boxes for those EPS files and filters some special postscript command sequences that can produce erroneous results on printers. EPS files are needed for including (scalable) graphics into TeX (or even Word) documents. Other programs like ps2epsi do not calculate the bounding box always correctly (because the values are put on the PostScript stack which may get corrupted by bad PostScript code) or rounded it off so that clipping the EPS cut off some parts of the image. Therefore ps2eps uses a resolution of 144 DPI to get the correct bounding box.
There are three methods to install ps2eps 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 ps2eps Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ps2eps using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ps2eps
Install ps2eps Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ps2eps using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ps2eps
Install ps2eps 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 ps2eps using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ps2eps
How To Uninstall ps2eps on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ps2eps package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ps2eps
Uninstall ps2eps And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ps2eps and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ps2eps
Remove ps2eps Configurations and Data
To remove ps2eps configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ps2eps
Remove ps2eps configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ps2eps configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ps2eps
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ps2eps package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
