How to Install and Uninstall a2ps Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: April 26,2024

1. Install "a2ps" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install a2ps on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                a2ps
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "a2ps" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall a2ps on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: a2ps
Version: 1:4.14-7
Installed-Size: 3648
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: file, psutils, libc6 (>= 2.14), 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_4.14-7_amd64.deb
Size: 647540
MD5sum: a3aa74f0d21f8fa52a47106bcf2fc4db
SHA256: 7a9c66e9b34d9c3cfa13ff678eba91273f59c6deea25d3dfe5faaa98bc26666b