How to Install and Uninstall ghostscript Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "ghostscript" package

Please follow the guidance below to install ghostscript on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ghostscript
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ghostscript" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall ghostscript on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ghostscript
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ghostscript package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: ghostscript
Version: 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u6
Installed-Size: 226
Maintainer: Debian Printing Team
Architecture: amd64
Provides: postscript-viewer
Depends: libgs9 (= 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u6), libc6 (>= 2.4)
Suggests: ghostscript-x
Description: interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF
Description-md5: 3b69f5ec8191e8f0d88dd3e30e7b1b69
Homepage: https://www.ghostscript.com/
Multi-Arch: foreign
Recommends: gsfonts
Section: text
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/g/ghostscript/ghostscript_9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u6_amd64.deb
Size: 95204
MD5sum: df98f4c856f73d8465fe1357ed4aa313
SHA256: 54963e4ff2ec8afa9fdf8aa577c653a9e4f7724c46b001b06fa0a9b19dcf0668

Package: ghostscript
Version: 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u5
Installed-Size: 226
Maintainer: Debian Printing Team
Architecture: amd64
Provides: postscript-viewer
Depends: libgs9 (= 9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u5), libc6 (>= 2.4)
Recommends: gsfonts
Suggests: ghostscript-x
Description: interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF
Description-md5: 3b69f5ec8191e8f0d88dd3e30e7b1b69
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.ghostscript.com/
Tag: admin::hardware, hardware::printer, implemented-in::c,
interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility, use::driver,
use::printing, works-with-format::pdf, works-with-format::postscript,
works-with::dtp, works-with::font, works-with::image,
works-with::image:raster, works-with::image:vector, works-with::text
Section: text
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/ghostscript/ghostscript_9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u5_amd64.deb
Size: 95032
MD5sum: 3025eba11db4091c80c4b5797cefc85a
SHA256: 3faab4a628d7069df120f19dcf6eda31da9b9ff0d788e0a9cb7d3ec6884da3f6