How To Install ghostscript-gtk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghostscript-gtk.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. ghostscript-gtk.x86_64 is Ghostscript’s GTK-based document renderer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghostscript-gtk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `ghostscript-gtk.x86_64`

This package provides GTK-based utility ‘gsx’, which can be used for displaying of various document files (including PS and PDF).

We can use yum to install ghostscript-gtk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ghostscript-gtk.x86_64.

Install ghostscript-gtk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ghostscript-gtk.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ghostscript-gtk.x86_64

How To Uninstall ghostscript-gtk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the ghostscript-gtk.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove ghostscript-gtk.x86_64

ghostscript-gtk.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/gsx

References

ghostscript-gtk.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghostscript-gtk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.