How To Install pslib1 on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pslib1 on Ubuntu.
What is pslib1
pslib1 is:
pslib is a library to create PostScript files. It offers many drawing primitives, image output and very sophisticated text rendering. It can read external Type1 fonts and embed them into the output file. It supports pdfmarks which makes it in combination with ghostscript’s pdfwriter an alternative for libraries creating PDF.
There are three methods to install pslib1 on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pslib1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pslib1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pslib1
Install pslib1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pslib1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pslib1
Install pslib1 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install pslib1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pslib1
How To Uninstall pslib1 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the pslib1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pslib1
Uninstall pslib1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pslib1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pslib1
Remove pslib1 Configurations and Data
To remove pslib1 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pslib1
Remove pslib1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pslib1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pslib1
Dependencies
pslib1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pslib1 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.