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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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default version

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

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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    That just install version 8 of gs, which I already have.
    – croceldon
    Oct 13, 2012 at 12:22
  • please check the updated answer
    – user61928
    Oct 13, 2012 at 12:33
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    links are dead...
    – n3rd
    Apr 11, 2015 at 22:14
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    @n3rd You can download the .deb file here. launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript
    – Meteor
    Jun 12, 2015 at 8:10

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