How to Install libgs-dev software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install libgs-dev software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

libgs-dev software package provides interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - Development Files, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libgs-dev 

libgs-dev is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libgs-dev package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libgs-dev *

You will get with libgs-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libgs-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Text Processing
Package libgs-dev
Version 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2
Description interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - Development Files
Sub Section Text


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libgs-dev software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?