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

Last updated: March 15,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "purifyeps" package

This tutorial shows how to install purifyeps on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall purifyeps 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 purifyeps package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: purifyeps
Version: 1.1-3
Installed-Size: 65
Maintainer: Hilmar Preusse
Architecture: all
Depends: perl:any, pstoedit, texlive-metapost, libfile-which-perl
Description: creates EPS files usable in TeX and pdfTeX
Description-md5: 80f21ddeec2455223e10ec79ba058e0c
Homepage: https://www.ctan.org/pkg/purifyeps
Tag: implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, use::converting, use::typesetting,
works-with-format::TODO
Section: tex
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/purifyeps/purifyeps_1.1-3_all.deb
Size: 34436
MD5sum: 327ef850e8dabfecf820494841a69511
SHA256: 0518460aeaacf5272fbe5a1b1c989ba752898279c8c89dca1fc43c20a32fbbd1