%general-entities; ]> ESP Ghostscript-&espgs-version; Introduction to <application>Ghostscript</application> Ghostscript is a versatile processor for PostScript data with the ability to render PostScript to different targets. ESP Ghostscript is a customized version of GNU Ghostscript that includes an enhanced configuration script, the CUPS raster driver to support CUPS raster printer drivers, and additional patches and drivers from various Linux distributors. Package information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download size: &espgs-size; Estimated Disk space required: &espgs-buildsize; Estimated build time: &espgs-time; Additional downloads Standard fonts: Other fonts: <application>Ghostscript</application> dependencies Optional , , , X ( or ), , and Installation of <application>Ghostscript</application> Install Ghostscript by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr --without-gimp-print --without-omni && make && make install To install the shared library libgs.so you will need . Proceed with the following commands: make CFLAGS_SO='-fPIC $(ACDEFS)' so && make soinstall The shared library is only used in external programs like . To finish the installation, unpack all fonts you've downloaded to /usr/share/ghostscript. Command explanations : This switch disables the building of the GIMP print driver as a Ghostscript device since this is deprecated. This driver may be still accessible via IJS or CUPS, and this is the preferred way. : This switch disables the IJS driver support. Contents Ghostscript comes with a lot of filters to render PostScript/PDF files back and forth. Please refer to the HTML documentation or try man gs. ESP Ghostscript provides pstoraster too. Description pstoraster CUPS uses pstoraster filter to convert PostScript to a generic raster image format that is acceptable as an input to drivers for non-PostScript printers (e.g., from ). It is built and installed only if is found.