What's the easiest way to upgrade Ghostscript?

Question

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?

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

JoKalliauer · Answer 1 · 2023-03-31T13:15:02.837

The recommended way is (as posted before):

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ghostscript

If you need a newer version than provided by your Ubuntu-Version:

Download "Ghostscript 10 Source" from https://ghostscript.com/releases/gsdnld.html (direct link to gs 10.01.1)
uncompress it (f.e. tar xvf ghostscript-10.01.1.tar.gz)
go into this folder
sudo ./configure
sudo make install
restart Terminal
Test with gs -v

To check your version (maybe after restarting terminal)

ghostscript -v

score 8 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 29 '13 at 06:22

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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

edited Mar 29 '13 at 06:22

Kevin Bowen

answered Oct 13 '12 at 06:00

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That just install version 8 of gs, which I already have. – croceldon Oct 13 '12 at 12:22
please check the updated answer – Oct 13 '12 at 12:33
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links are dead... – n3rd Apr 11 '15 at 22:14
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@n3rd You can download the .deb file here. https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript – Meteor Jun 12 '15 at 08:10

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