How to Install ghostscript software package in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

How to Install ghostscript software package in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

ghostscript software package provides interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install ghostscript 

ghostscript is installed in your system.

Make ensure the ghostscript package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep ghostscript *

You will get with ghostscript package name, version, architecture and description in a table

ghostscript package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak
Section Text Processing
Package ghostscript
Version 9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6
Description interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF
Sub Section text


See Also, How to uninstall or remove ghostscript software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)?