How to Install and Uninstall e2ps Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: January 24,2025

1. Install "e2ps" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install e2ps on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                e2ps
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "e2ps" package

Learn how to uninstall e2ps on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                e2ps
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the e2ps package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: e2ps
Priority: optional
Section: universe/text
Installed-Size: 113
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.34-5
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libpaper1
Recommends: lpr
Suggests: gv | postscript-viewer
Filename: pool/universe/e/e2ps/e2ps_4.34-5_amd64.deb
Size: 34706
MD5sum: 6a4c2711740c40f3bff0b60c84542196
SHA1: 7a481db9caecac1edd363971d6c7f116d36845de
SHA256: 9437b57987e4741b9cf911d9dcc94098359364a5cacf61914de0a4b62472f271
Description-en: Convert plain text into PostScript
e2ps is a tool for processing and printing japanese EUC code, mainly
EUC files.
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This program provides a plain text to PostScript conversion with
automatic detection of EUC, JIS and SJIS but may be weak with SJIS.
Description-md5: ae51488ac3eaa3bf880a956f5c87a1f7
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu