How to Install and Uninstall ghostscript Package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "ghostscript" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install ghostscript on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)


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

Learn how to uninstall ghostscript on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ghostscript package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Package: ghostscript
Architecture: amd64
Version: 9.56.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: text
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jonas Smedegaard
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 236
Provides: postscript-viewer
Depends: libgs9 (= 9.56.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Suggests: ghostscript-x
Filename: pool/main/g/ghostscript/ghostscript_9.56.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 49262
MD5sum: 2633e8fd0e38cfc6dc386a748220a562
SHA1: 90829065c8720aaee8bfcf9b453a98dbc1350ad9
SHA256: 6a9d67c15c924926b91ea6271fff094ea5e6e0e7a9b520beabcee0d7cc1e6675
SHA512: 09dd971f6761b8a98fe95a4884bd9d85f7b1fd7727ec56629d30c3a805322aad90a32d9859a0fddd53ed059ed5dde3c6907384d5acaaca555dfb7d3871bd5d61
Homepage: https://www.ghostscript.com/
Description: interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF
Description-md5: edd5fd86eebe72742e607f32760610a4
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