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.