I have version 8 of Ghostscript on my Ubuntu 10.04 server.
What is the easiest way to install version 9? Source install? PPA? Something else?
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If you are using Ubuntu 14.04 and want to upgrade to ghostscript 9.15 or more, follow this answer: http://askubuntu.com/a/675710/306960. – anderstood Sep 18 '15 at 20:19
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The recommended way is (as posted before):
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ghostscript
Ghostscript 10.02 via terminal
If you need a newer version than provided by your Ubuntu-Version:
mkdir -p ~/prgm
cd ~/prgm
wget https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl-downloads/releases/download/gs10021/ghostscript-10.02.1.tar.gz
tar xvf ghostscript-10.02.1.tar.gz
cd ghostscript-10.02.1/
sudo ./configure
sudo make install
#restart Terminal
gs -v
ghostscript -v
current Ghostscript manually
- Download "Ghostscript 10 Source" from https://ghostscript.com/releases/gsdnld.html (direct link to gs 10.02.1)
- uncompress it (f.e.
tar xvf ghostscript-10.02.1.tar.gz) - go into this folder
sudo ./configuresudo make install- restart Terminal
- Test with
gs -v
To check your version (maybe after restarting terminal)
ghostscript -v
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ghostscript is not found under Ubuntu Software Center
So, either install it from there or you can just update your current version to latest one:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ghostscript
If that doesn't work download one of the following:
Then:
sudo dpkg -i /path-to-downloadedpackage.deb
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2@n3rd You can download the .deb file here. https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript – Meteor Jun 12 '15 at 08:10