How to Install and Uninstall gv Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "gv" package

This tutorial shows how to install gv on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall gv on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gv
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gv package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: gv
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:3.7.4-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/text
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernhard R. Link
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 637
Provides: pdf-viewer, postscript-viewer
Depends: ghostscript-x, libc6 (>= 2.14), libx11-6, libxinerama1, libxmu6, libxt6, xaw3dg (>= 1.5+E-1)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gv/gv_3.7.4-2_amd64.deb
Size: 203132
MD5sum: 1857411d7fc3a8b00f913cfcce0dec4b
SHA1: caafc1c26e453ebcf1a4e543080716ce82b2067e
SHA256: 64489967e12d5f82d711de21b67a83d4a456ad80d27bcf87116c12876735f644
SHA512: d0e80475cdbd49b99072882ae6c893c53acf2c72d3345e278b7b592b4561b39a84cfe82ff03dac277b52c0db57a9a8467050ad22ac5cfb84bc7aaed53bc4d172
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/gv/
Description-en: PostScript and PDF viewer for X
gv is a comfortable viewer of PostScript and PDF files for the X
Window System. It uses the ghostscript PostScript interpreter
and is based on the classic X front-end for gs, ghostview, which
it has replaced now.
Description-md5: 7ff4c134e7c6b4a98c92d2ff2d1218ec