How to Install and Uninstall ghostscript Package on openSUSE Leap

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "ghostscript" package

Please follow the instructions below to install ghostscript on openSUSE Leap


    
        
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                sudo zypper refresh
            
                    
    
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                sudo zypper install
            
                        
                ghostscript
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ghostscript" package

Learn how to uninstall ghostscript on openSUSE Leap:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
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3. Information about the ghostscript package on openSUSE Leap

Information for package ghostscript:
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Repository : Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15
Name : ghostscript
Version : 9.52-150000.180.1
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : SUSE LLC
Installed Size : 49.9 MiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : ghostscript-9.52-150000.180.1.src
Upstream URL : https://www.ghostscript.com/
Summary : The Ghostscript interpreter for PostScript and PDF
Description :
Ghostscript is a package of software that provides:
An interpreter for the PostScript language,
with the ability to convert PostScript language files
to many raster formats, view them on displays,
and print them on printers that don't have
PostScript language capability built in.
An interpreter for Portable Document Format (PDF) files,
with the same abilities.
The ability to convert PostScript language files
to PDF (with some limitations) and vice versa.
A set of C procedures (the Ghostscript library)
that implement the graphics and filtering
(data compression / decompression / conversion)
capabilities that appear as primitive operations
in the PostScript language and in PDF.
For information how to use Ghostscript see
/usr/share/ghostscript/9.52/doc/Use.htm