How To Install psrip on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install psrip on Ubuntu 22.04. psrip is Extract images from PostScript files

Introduction

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

What is psrip

psrip is:

The script scans a postscript file and saves the lines between ‘%%BeginDocument: name’ and ‘%%EndDocument’ to a new file named dir/name.

There are three methods to install psrip 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 psrip Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install psrip

Install psrip Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install psrip

Install psrip 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 psrip using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install psrip

How To Uninstall psrip on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove psrip

Uninstall psrip And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove psrip

Remove psrip Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge psrip

Remove psrip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge psrip

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Summary

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