How to Install and Uninstall enscript Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 18,2024

You can also install and uninstall the enscript on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "enscript" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install enscript on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall enscript on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the enscript package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: enscript
Source: enscript (1.6.5.90-3)
Version: 1.6.5.90-3+b1
Installed-Size: 2132
Maintainer: Tim Retout
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: octave3.0
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libpaper1, perl:any
Suggests: gv | postscript-viewer, lpr
Description: converts text to Postscript, HTML or RTF with syntax highlighting
Description-md5: 04fb071b96ab1b2f0ba75bea589ddc4b
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/enscript/
Tag: devel::prettyprint, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, suite::gnu, use::converting,
use::printing, use::text-formatting, works-with-format::html,
works-with-format::plaintext, works-with-format::postscript,
works-with::text
Section: text
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/e/enscript/enscript_1.6.5.90-3+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 415864
MD5sum: 5764d3a9d80c44a572dde449ac95f483
SHA256: 7b8ae62b76337fd1d5fbf034efda09b76647ad1f57e926ed52b90a78491ce8df