Complete Guide: Installing mpage on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) 2024

1. Install "mpage" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install mpage on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall mpage on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: mpage
Priority: optional
Section: universe/text
Installed-Size: 134
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.5.6+dfsg-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libpaper1
Suggests: ghostscript
Filename: pool/universe/m/mpage/mpage_2.5.6+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 42172
MD5sum: b23611a238b37c6d1b417700019819ff
SHA1: 564b5d41b8d86d9e8beb1a69353d8bf25df77a6c
SHA256: c0565908a875ee78852e5a4f27dab6f246155296f1d2c65aac0615138d44e75f
Description-en: print multiple pages per sheet on PostScript printer
Mpage reads plain text files or PostScript documents and prints them
on a PostScript printer with the text reduced in size so that several
pages appear on one sheet of paper. This is useful for viewing large
printouts on a small amount of paper. Uses ISO 8859.1 to print 8-bit
characters.
Description-md5: f9cecf334b5586269c2d43c5b770d907
Homepage: http://www.mesa.nl
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu