How to Install and Uninstall libgs9 Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "libgs9" package

This is a short guide on how to install libgs9 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libgs9

2. Uninstall "libgs9" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libgs9 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):

$ sudo apt remove libgs9 $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the libgs9 package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libgs9
Architecture: amd64
Version: 9.53.3~dfsg-7
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Source: ghostscript
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Printing Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 16263
Depends: libgs9-common (= 9.53.3~dfsg-7), poppler-data, libc6 (>= 2.29), libcups2 (>= 2.3~b6), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libfreetype6 (>= 2.10.1), libidn11 (>= 1.13), libijs-0.35 (>= 0.35), libjbig2dec0 (>= 0.16+20190905), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), liblcms2-2 (>= 2.6), libopenjp2-7 (>= 2.0.0), libpaper1, libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), libtiff5 (>= 4.0.3), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0)
Filename: pool/main/g/ghostscript/libgs9_9.53.3~dfsg-7_amd64.deb
Size: 2185068
MD5sum: 98776d84e038a867b7be15322912acb6
SHA1: 5f203246482b06552170037a6065dc64b0ee6d6f
SHA256: a394c0ffc4ebb9fbec52c7cf5e12ff995b4dc79841e92692ab6c1d923f86536d
SHA512: 486be26e616cae4813f152ae1214fa3bb79606f1a5d31aeea5c4618175d4e63473fb0807ce0fc550c80c5703e18097ca8f928988182e52b3192f2c993db53255
Homepage: https://www.ghostscript.com/
Description-en: interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - Library
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.
.
This package provides the Ghostscript library which makes the
facilities of GPL Ghostscript available to applications.
Description-md5: 77d0d233cd004663a71b1ef44e87d3f1
Task: print-server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi