How to Install and Uninstall libgs-dev Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "libgs-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libgs-dev on Kali Linux


    
        
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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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libgs-dev on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libgs-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libgs-dev package on Kali Linux

Package: libgs-dev
Source: ghostscript
Version: 10.02.1~dfsg-3
Installed-Size: 145
Maintainer: Debian Printing Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libgs10 (= 10.02.1~dfsg-3)
Size: 38300
SHA256: 741bc657cc1ae8483cbf23e8d92d0311e885e699e7909b69243bc58f76948477
SHA1: a08f8f02f0bff54253e2b27215021fe9bdaf6705
MD5sum: bd6f26cf35deb5ab255f2c583e854f2e
Description: interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - Development Files
GPL Ghostscript is used for PostScript/PDF preview and printing.
Usually as a back-end to a program such as ghostview,
it can display PostScript and PDF documents in an X11 environment.
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This package provides the development files
for the GPL Ghostscript library
which makes the facilities of GPL Ghostscript available
to applications.
Description-md5:
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_10.02.1~dfsg-3_amd64.deb