How To Install rasterview on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rasterview
on Debian 12.
What is rasterview
rasterview is:
RasterView is a CUPS, PWG, and Apple raster file viewing application. It basically allows you to look at the raster data produced by any of the standard CUPS RIP filters (cgpdftoraster, imagetoraster, pdftoraster, and pstoraster) and is normally used to either test those filters or look at the data that is being sent to your raster printer driver.
There are three methods to install rasterview
on Debian 12. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install rasterview Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rasterview
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rasterview
Install rasterview Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rasterview
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rasterview
Install rasterview 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 rasterview
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rasterview
How To Uninstall rasterview on Debian 12
To uninstall only the rasterview
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rasterview
Uninstall rasterview And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rasterview
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rasterview
Remove rasterview Configurations and Data
To remove rasterview
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rasterview
Remove rasterview configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rasterview
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rasterview
Dependencies
rasterview have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rasterview
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.