How To Install pspresent on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install pspresent on Ubuntu 22.04. pspresent is fullscreen PostScript presentation tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pspresent on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is pspresent

pspresent is:

pspresent is a tool that displays PostScript slides in fullscreen, for giving presentations. Navigation is simple: spacebar goes forward one slide, backspace takes you back one slide. The escape key quits. The display itself is double-buffered giving seamless transitions between slides.

There are three methods to install pspresent on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pspresent Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install pspresent using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pspresent

Install pspresent Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pspresent using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pspresent

Install pspresent 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 pspresent using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pspresent

How To Uninstall pspresent on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the pspresent package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pspresent

Uninstall pspresent And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pspresent and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pspresent

Remove pspresent Configurations and Data

To remove pspresent configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pspresent

Remove pspresent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove pspresent configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pspresent

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pspresent package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.