How to Install and Uninstall libgs-dev Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 16,2025

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

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1. Install "libgs-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to install libgs-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libgs-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libgs-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libgs-dev 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 libgs-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libgs-dev
Source: ghostscript
Version: 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u3
Installed-Size: 146
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libgs10 (= 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u3)
Description: interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - Development Files
Description-md5: d6a2dde8d4db25961db6acb4a49f4d25
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.ghostscript.com/
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/ghostscript/libgs-dev_10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u3_amd64.deb
Size: 39268
MD5sum: 1e42fd6f1f9012ad917e01e1c68bdea0
SHA256: 1059f566effc55c31ebd8e4751009958d0902a9157bc2b2d2264ff22399f8c53