How To Install rasterview on Debian 12

Learn how to install rasterview on Debian 12 with this tutorial. rasterview is CUPS/PWG/Apple raster file viewer

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.