How to Install and Uninstall libgs-dev Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "libgs-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libgs-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall libgs-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: libgs-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 9.54.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: text
Source: ghostscript
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Printing Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 187
Depends: libgs9 (= 9.54.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu2)
Filename: pool/main/g/ghostscript/libgs-dev_9.54.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 31802
MD5sum: 3e91fa62d7affa0451173d725a2f2ca4
SHA1: 36e081815d65973e1c68eedbba37d865cce1ce6d
SHA256: 98e2245fa12669c3106a6a11ba0054d117fab6c0151930516107203b0b78965a
SHA512: fed132bbacf1413dac7c7bfe155ab538eba5090bb51a0303f6500fbffc1d8f255e534de37a8c9af0d0de6fb94b2602a09409b35a3379c14c305753efd7f5c745
Homepage: https://www.ghostscript.com/
Description-en: 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: f4c1713297a6c688a87d0b2876caf1fa