How to Install and Uninstall a2ps Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)
Last updated: December 10,2024
Notice
You can also install and uninstall the a2ps on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system
- MX Linux 23
- SparkyLinux
1. Install "a2ps" package
This guide covers the steps necessary to install a2ps on Debian 12 (Bookworm)
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sudo apt update
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sudo apt install
a2ps
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2. Uninstall "a2ps" package
This tutorial shows how to uninstall a2ps on Debian 12 (Bookworm):
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sudo apt remove
a2ps
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sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
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3. Information about the a2ps package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)
Package: a2ps
Version: 1:4.14-8
Installed-Size: 3644
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: file, psutils, libc6 (>= 2.34), libpaper1
Recommends: bzip2, lpr | rlpr | cups-client, wdiff
Suggests: emacsen-common, ghostscript, graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat | imagemagick, groff, gv, html2ps, t1-cyrillic, texlive-base-bin
Description: GNU a2ps - 'Anything to PostScript' converter and pretty-printer
Description-md5: 732bd45324c6fce1aa914b7b0167c68a
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/a2ps/
Tag: devel::prettyprint, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, suite::gnu, use::converting, use::printing,
works-with-format::postscript, works-with::text
Section: text
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/a2ps/a2ps_4.14-8_amd64.deb
Size: 641620
MD5sum: 586d2d4c8688fcaa737d9677a5204ffb
SHA256: 9aa42f0b14647a5033f371918ec7c421d8c17cb274a0f3a96ae9a1f73394ed8b
Version: 1:4.14-8
Installed-Size: 3644
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: file, psutils, libc6 (>= 2.34), libpaper1
Recommends: bzip2, lpr | rlpr | cups-client, wdiff
Suggests: emacsen-common, ghostscript, graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat | imagemagick, groff, gv, html2ps, t1-cyrillic, texlive-base-bin
Description: GNU a2ps - 'Anything to PostScript' converter and pretty-printer
Description-md5: 732bd45324c6fce1aa914b7b0167c68a
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/a2ps/
Tag: devel::prettyprint, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, suite::gnu, use::converting, use::printing,
works-with-format::postscript, works-with::text
Section: text
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/a2ps/a2ps_4.14-8_amd64.deb
Size: 641620
MD5sum: 586d2d4c8688fcaa737d9677a5204ffb
SHA256: 9aa42f0b14647a5033f371918ec7c421d8c17cb274a0f3a96ae9a1f73394ed8b