NOTE: This won't survive an apt upgrade and may raise security issues (gs has been update to 9.26 because of security issues, see http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/g/ghostscript/ghostscript_9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.1/changelog)
As a temporary workaround one can downgrade.
For xenial (ubuntu 16.04):
# apt install libgs9-common=9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2 libgs9=9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2 ghostscript=9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2
For bionic (ubuntu 18.04):
# apt install libgs9-common=9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1 libgs9=9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1 ghostscript=9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1
For cosmic (ubuntu 18.10):
# apt install libgs9-common=9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1 libgs9=9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1 ghostscript=9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1
NOTE: This won't survive an apt upgrade and may raise security issues (gs has been update to 9.26 because of security issues, see http:// changelogs. ubuntu. com/changelogs/ pool/main/ g/ghostscript/ ghostscript_ 9.26~dfsg+ 0-0ubuntu0. 18.04.1/ changelog)
As a temporary workaround one can downgrade.
For xenial (ubuntu 16.04):
# apt install libgs9- common= 9.18~dfsg~ 0-0ubuntu2 libgs9= 9.18~dfsg~ 0-0ubuntu2 ghostscript= 9.18~dfsg~ 0-0ubuntu2
For bionic (ubuntu 18.04):
# apt install libgs9- common= 9.22~dfsg+ 1-0ubuntu1 libgs9= 9.22~dfsg+ 1-0ubuntu1 ghostscript= 9.22~dfsg+ 1-0ubuntu1
For cosmic (ubuntu 18.10):
# apt install libgs9- common= 9.25~dfsg+ 1-0ubuntu1 libgs9= 9.25~dfsg+ 1-0ubuntu1 ghostscript= 9.25~dfsg+ 1-0ubuntu1