How To Install gv on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gv on Ubuntu 22.04. gv is PostScript and PDF viewer for X

Introduction

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

What is gv

gv is:

gv is a comfortable viewer of PostScript and PDF files for the X Window System. It uses the ghostscript PostScript interpreter and is based on the classic X front-end for gs, ghostview, which it has replaced now.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gv

Install gv Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gv

Install gv 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 gv using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gv

How To Uninstall gv on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove gv

Uninstall gv And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gv

Remove gv Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gv

Remove gv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gv

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Summary

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