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

Last updated: December 23,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "ghostscript" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install ghostscript on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "ghostscript" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall ghostscript 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 ghostscript package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: ghostscript
Version: 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u3
Installed-Size: 195
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Provides: postscript-viewer
Depends: libgs10 (= 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u3), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Description: interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF
Description-md5: edd5fd86eebe72742e607f32760610a4
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_10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u3_amd64.deb
Size: 56912
MD5sum: 3320b867b82283c7625182b8af67e95c
SHA256: 19cbd82f8bea14d226975eb4a91909bc9582c2c04b73408efff56b0695a8fe92