How to Install and Uninstall ghostscript Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "ghostscript" package

Learn how to install ghostscript on openSuSE Tumbleweed


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall ghostscript on openSuSE Tumbleweed:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
                ghostscript
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ghostscript package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package ghostscript:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : ghostscript
Version : 10.02.1-2.1
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 50.6 MiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : ghostscript-10.02.1-2.1.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/10.02.1/doc/Use.htm