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[6732c094] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[73ddd1a0] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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[00b6675] | 6 |
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[a5653eb] | 7 | <!-- When updating, ensure gs9xx is updated in url -->
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| 8 |
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[6b58d592] | 9 | <!ENTITY gs-download-http
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[0015678d] | 10 | "https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl-downloads/releases/download/gs950/ghostscript-&gs-version;.tar.xz">
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[de109d93] | 11 | <!ENTITY gs-download-ftp " ">
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[ee5e397] | 12 | <!ENTITY gs-md5sum "6cea6bae4a7cdfac6ccb09f07f0caf8c">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY gs-size "33 MB">
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| 14 | <!ENTITY gs-buildsize "161 MB (with fonts and libgs.so)">
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| 15 | <!ENTITY gs-time "1.6 SBU (Using parallelism=4; with libgs.so)">
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[100786d] | 16 |
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[95b8c6d] | 17 | <!ENTITY gs-standard-fonts-download
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[8dfc5c3] | 18 | "&sourceforge-dl;/gs-fonts/ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11.tar.gz">
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[00b6675] | 19 | <!ENTITY gs-standard-fonts-md5sum "6865682b095f8c4500c54b285ff05ef6">
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[100786d] | 20 | <!ENTITY gs-standard-fonts-size "3.7 MB">
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[00b6675] | 21 |
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[95b8c6d] | 22 | <!ENTITY gs-other-fonts-download
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[8dfc5c3] | 23 | "&sourceforge-dl;/gs-fonts/gnu-gs-fonts-other-6.0.tar.gz">
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[100786d] | 24 | <!ENTITY gs-other-fonts-md5sum "33457d3f37de7ef03d2eea05a9e6aa4f">
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| 25 | <!ENTITY gs-other-fonts-size "796 KB">
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[73ddd1a0] | 26 | ]>
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| 27 |
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[a027d7d3] | 28 | <sect1 id="gs" xreflabel="ghostscript-&gs-version;">
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[ed30f09] | 29 | <?dbhtml filename="gs.html"?>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <sect1info>
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| 32 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 33 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 34 | </sect1info>
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| 35 |
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[a027d7d3] | 36 | <title>ghostscript-&gs-version;</title>
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[ed30f09] | 37 |
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| 38 | <indexterm zone="gs">
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[0c32749] | 39 | <primary sortas="a-Ghostscript">Ghostscript</primary>
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[ed30f09] | 40 | </indexterm>
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| 41 |
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| 42 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 43 | <title>Introduction to Ghostscript</title>
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| 44 |
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| 45 | <para><application>Ghostscript</application> is a versatile processor
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| 46 | for PostScript data with the ability to render PostScript to different
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[4118724f] | 47 | targets. It is a mandatory part of the cups printing stack.</para>
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[ed30f09] | 48 |
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[ad112fd5] | 49 | &lfs90_checked;
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[aa8ef3bc] | 50 |
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[ed30f09] | 51 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 52 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gs-download-http;"/></para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | <listitem>
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| 57 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gs-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 58 | </listitem>
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| 59 | <listitem>
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| 60 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &gs-md5sum;</para>
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| 61 | </listitem>
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| 62 | <listitem>
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| 63 | <para>Download size: &gs-size;</para>
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| 64 | </listitem>
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| 65 | <listitem>
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| 66 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &gs-buildsize;</para>
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| 67 | </listitem>
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| 68 | <listitem>
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| 69 | <para>Estimated build time: &gs-time;</para>
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| 70 | </listitem>
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| 71 | </itemizedlist>
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[1bff7a94] | 72 |
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[ed30f09] | 73 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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[933ceec] | 74 | <para>If you wish, you can download additional fonts.</para>
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| 75 |
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[6b58d592] | 76 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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[ed30f09] | 77 | <title>Standard Fonts</title>
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| 78 | <listitem>
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[01c2a351] | 79 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gs-standard-fonts-download;"/></para>
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[ed30f09] | 80 | </listitem>
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| 81 | <listitem>
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| 82 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &gs-standard-fonts-md5sum;</para>
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| 83 | </listitem>
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| 84 | <listitem>
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| 85 | <para>Download size: &gs-standard-fonts-size;</para>
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| 86 | </listitem>
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| 87 | </itemizedlist>
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| 88 |
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[6b58d592] | 89 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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[ed30f09] | 90 | <title>Other Fonts</title>
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| 91 | <listitem>
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| 92 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gs-other-fonts-download;"/></para>
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| 93 | </listitem>
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| 94 | <listitem>
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| 95 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &gs-other-fonts-md5sum;</para>
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| 96 | </listitem>
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| 97 | <listitem>
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| 98 | <para>Download size: &gs-other-fonts-size;</para>
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| 99 | </listitem>
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| 100 | </itemizedlist>
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| 101 |
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[b29ed97c] | 102 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Ghostscript Dependencies</bridgehead>
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[ed30f09] | 103 |
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[de109d93] | 104 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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[2d37d32] | 105 | <para role="recommended">
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[7524e07] | 106 | <xref linkend="cups"/> (required for building the <quote>cups</quote>
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| 107 | device backend, which is needed by
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| 108 | <application>cups-filters</application>),
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| 109 | <xref linkend="fontconfig"/> (required, if you are installing any
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| 110 | suggested font),
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[2d37d32] | 111 | <xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
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| 112 | <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
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[933ceec] | 113 | <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
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[12341a8] | 114 | <xref linkend="libtiff"/>,
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| 115 | <xref linkend="lcms2"/>, and
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| 116 | <xref linkend="openjpeg2"/>
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[2d37d32] | 117 | </para>
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[de109d93] | 118 |
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| 119 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[2d37d32] | 120 | <para role="optional">
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| 121 | <xref linkend="cairo"/>,
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[f7153b6] | 122 | <xref linkend="gtk3"/>,
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[2d37d32] | 123 | <xref linkend="libidn"/>,
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[1ecdb18] | 124 | <xref linkend="libpaper"/>,
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| 125 | <xref linkend="lcms"/> (not used by default, nor if lcms2 is present or found), and
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| 126 | <xref linkend="x-window-system"/>
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[2d37d32] | 127 | </para>
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| 128 |
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| 129 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 130 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gs"/>
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| 131 | </para>
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[ed30f09] | 132 | </sect2>
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| 133 |
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| 134 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 135 | <title>Installation of Ghostscript</title>
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| 136 |
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[2d37d32] | 137 | <note>
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| 138 | <para>
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| 139 | The <application>Ghostscript</application> build system is not
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| 140 | user-friendly. In order to use system copies of various graphics
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| 141 | libraries, you must do it using unconventional methods.
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| 142 | </para>
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| 143 | </note>
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[100786d] | 144 |
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[2d37d32] | 145 | <para>
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[0c32749] | 146 | <application>Ghostscript</application> includes (old) copies of
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[de109d93] | 147 | several libraries. Some of these seem to have been patched to fix known
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| 148 | vulnerabilities, but others of these copies are less-well maintained.
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| 149 | To ensure that any future fixes are applied throughout the whole system,
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[2d37d32] | 150 | it is recommended that you first install the released versions of these
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[0c32749] | 151 | libraries and then configure <application>Ghostscript</application>
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[2d37d32] | 152 | to link to them.
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| 153 | </para>
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[d453af5] | 154 |
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[2d37d32] | 155 | <para>
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[4886a74] | 156 | If you have installed the recommended dependencies on your system,
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| 157 | remove the copies of
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[1df1b16] | 158 | <application>freetype</application>, <application>lcms2</application>,
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[12341a8] | 159 | <application>libjpeg</application>, <application>libpng</application>,
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| 160 | and <application>openjpeg</application>:
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[2d37d32] | 161 | </para>
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[ed30f09] | 162 |
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[12341a8] | 163 | <screen><userinput>rm -rf freetype lcms2mt jpeg libpng openjpeg</userinput></screen>
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[2d37d32] | 164 |
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[6b58d592] | 165 | <para>Compile <application>Ghostscript</application>:</para>
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[de109d93] | 166 |
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[595e58e] | 167 | <screen><userinput>rm -rf zlib &&
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[60d53ec3] | 168 |
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| 169 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 170 | --disable-compile-inits \
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| 171 | --enable-dynamic \
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| 172 | --with-system-libtiff &&
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[038ea6ba] | 173 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 174 |
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[d453af5] | 175 | <note>
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[2d37d32] | 176 | <para>
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[9bfd70c] | 177 | The shared library depends on <xref linkend="gtk3"/>. It is only used by
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[7ab0957e] | 178 | external programs like <xref linkend="asymptote"/>, <xref
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[47d5a9e5] | 179 | linkend="dvisvgm"/>, <xref linkend="imagemagick"/>, and <xref
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| 180 | linkend="texlive"/>.
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[2d37d32] | 181 | </para>
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[d453af5] | 182 | </note>
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[038ea6ba] | 183 |
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[2d37d32] | 184 | <para>
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| 185 | To compile the shared library
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| 186 | <filename class="libraryfile">libgs.so</filename>, run the following
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| 187 | additional command as an unprivileged user:
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| 188 | </para>
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[038ea6ba] | 189 |
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| 190 | <screen><userinput>make so</userinput></screen>
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[73ddd1a0] | 191 |
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[2d37d32] | 192 | <para>
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[a2a37c7] | 193 | This package does not come with a test suite. A set of example files
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| 194 | may be used for testing, but it is only possible after installation
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| 195 | of the package.
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[2d37d32] | 196 | </para>
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[d453af5] | 197 |
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[2d37d32] | 198 | <para>
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| 199 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 200 | </para>
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[038ea6ba] | 201 |
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[d453af5] | 202 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 203 |
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| 204 | <para>If you want the shared library too:</para>
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| 205 |
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| 206 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make soinstall &&
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[aa8ef3bc] | 207 | install -v -m644 base/*.h /usr/include/ghostscript &&
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[eff6c3a8] | 208 | ln -sfvn ghostscript /usr/include/ps</userinput></screen>
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[73ddd1a0] | 209 |
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[933ceec] | 210 | <para>Now make the documentation accessible from the normal place:</para>
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[a0968dcc] | 211 | <!-- Starting with 9.23, the install does not seem to copy the examples any more -->
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[d453af5] | 212 |
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[12341a8] | 213 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mv -v /usr/share/doc/ghostscript/&gs-version; /usr/share/doc/ghostscript-&gs-version; &&
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| 214 | rm -rfv /usr/share/doc/ghostscript &&
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[eff6c3a8] | 215 | cp -a examples/ /usr/share/ghostscript/&gs-version;/</userinput></screen>
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[73ddd1a0] | 216 |
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[2d37d32] | 217 | <para>
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[798c542] | 218 | If you have downloaded the fonts, unpack them to
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[2d37d32] | 219 | <filename class="directory">/usr/share/ghostscript</filename> and ensure
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| 220 | the ownerships of the files are
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| 221 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:
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[798c542] | 222 | <systemitem class="groupname">root</systemitem>.
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[2d37d32] | 223 | </para>
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[038ea6ba] | 224 |
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[798c542] | 225 | <screen role="root"><userinput>tar -xvf ../ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11.tar.gz -C /usr/share/ghostscript --no-same-owner &&
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| 226 | tar -xvf ../gnu-gs-fonts-other-6.0.tar.gz -C /usr/share/ghostscript --no-same-owner &&
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[142f958b] | 227 | fc-cache -v /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/</userinput></screen>
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[a2a37c7] | 228 |
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| 229 | <para>
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| 230 | You can now test the rendering of various postscript and pdf files from the
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| 231 | <filename class="directory">/usr/share/ghostscript/&gs-version;/examples
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| 232 | </filename>, for example (you need an X window system display):
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| 233 | </para>
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| 234 |
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[c77fb71f] | 235 | <screen remap="test"><userinput>gs -q -dBATCH /usr/share/ghostscript/&gs-version;/examples/tiger.eps</userinput></screen>
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[a2a37c7] | 236 |
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[ed30f09] | 237 | </sect2>
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[73ddd1a0] | 238 |
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[2ddf71a5] | 239 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 240 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 241 |
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[2d37d32] | 242 | <para>
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[f19b432b] | 243 | <command>rm -rf zlib </command>: <application>zlib</application>
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| 244 | was installed as part of LFS.
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[2d37d32] | 245 | </para>
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| 246 |
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| 247 | <para>
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[2bb5c32] | 248 | <parameter>--disable-compile-inits</parameter>: This option makes
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[933ceec] | 249 | <command>gs</command> and <filename>libgs.so</filename> slightly smaller.
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[2d37d32] | 250 | </para>
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| 251 |
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| 252 | <para>
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[142f958b] | 253 | <parameter>--with-system-libtiff</parameter>: Remove this option if
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| 254 | you've not installed <xref linkend="libtiff"/>.
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[2d37d32] | 255 | </para>
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| 256 |
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| 257 | <para>
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[81f0120] | 258 | <command>install -v -m644 base/*.h... </command>: Some packages
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[2d37d32] | 259 | (<application>ImageMagick</application> is one) need the
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| 260 | <application>Ghostscript</application> interface headers in place to link
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| 261 | to the shared library. These commands install the headers.
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| 262 | </para>
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| 263 |
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| 264 | <para>
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[eff6c3a8] | 265 | <command>ln -sfvn ghostscript /usr/include/ps</command>: Some packages
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[2d37d32] | 266 | expect to find the interface headers in an alternate location.
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| 267 | </para>
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| 268 |
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| 269 | <para>
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[12341a8] | 270 | <command>mv -v /usr/share/doc/ghostscript/&gs-version;
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| 271 | /usr/share/doc/ghostscript-&gs-version;</command>: This moves the
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| 272 | documentation where it is expected to be found.
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[2d37d32] | 273 | </para>
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[933ceec] | 274 |
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| 275 | <para>
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| 276 | <option>--disable-cups</option>: this option will save a tiny amount of
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| 277 | space by not linking <command>gs</command> and <filename>libgs.so</filename>
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| 278 | to the <xref linkend="cups"/> libraries if you have installed those.
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| 279 | </para>
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[2ddf71a5] | 280 | </sect2>
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| 281 |
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[ed30f09] | 282 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 283 | <title>Contents</title>
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[038ea6ba] | 284 | <segmentedlist>
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| 285 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 286 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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| 287 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 288 |
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| 289 | <seglistitem>
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[2d37d32] | 290 | <seg>
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[0e390db] | 291 | dvipdf, eps2eps, gs, gsbj, gsc (from soinstall), gsdj,
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[81f0120] | 292 | gsdj500, gslj, gslp, gsnd, gsx (from soinstall), lprsetup.sh,
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| 293 | pdf2dsc, pdf2ps, pf2afm, pfbtopfa, pphs, printafm, ps2ascii,
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| 294 | ps2epsi, ps2pdf, ps2pdf12, ps2pdf13, ps2pdf14, ps2pdfwr,
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[0e390db] | 295 | ps2ps, ps2ps2, and unix-lpr.sh
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[933ceec] | 296 | <!-- I don't see bdftops,fixmswrd.pl or pv.sh on my builds [ I don't
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| 297 | have any bdf tools from xorg ] but they are still referenced in
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| 298 | base/unixinst.mak -->
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[2d37d32] | 299 | </seg>
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[81f0120] | 300 | <seg>libgs.so and
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| 301 | /usr/lib/ghostscript/&gs-version;/X11.so</seg>
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[2d37d32] | 302 | <seg>
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| 303 | /usr/include/ghostscript,
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| 304 | /usr/lib/ghostscript,
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[019052a1] | 305 | /usr/share/ghostscript, and
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[2d37d32] | 306 | /usr/share/doc/ghostscript-&gs-version;
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| 307 | </seg>
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[038ea6ba] | 308 | </seglistitem>
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| 309 | </segmentedlist>
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| 310 |
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| 311 | <variablelist>
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| 312 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 313 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 314 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 315 |
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[d891148c] | 316 | <varlistentry id="gplgs-prog">
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[038ea6ba] | 317 | <term><command>gs</command></term>
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| 318 | <listitem>
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[2d37d32] | 319 | <para>
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| 320 | is an interpreter for Adobe Systems' PostScript(tm) and Portable
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| 321 | Document Format (PDF).
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| 322 | </para>
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[d891148c] | 323 | <indexterm zone="gs gplgs-prog">
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[038ea6ba] | 324 | <primary sortas="b-gs">gs</primary>
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| 325 | </indexterm>
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| 326 | </listitem>
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| 327 | </varlistentry>
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| 328 |
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[d891148c] | 329 | <varlistentry id="libgs.so">
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| 330 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgs.so</filename></term>
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| 331 | <listitem>
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[2d37d32] | 332 | <para>
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| 333 | provides <application>Ghostscript</application> functionality to
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| 334 | other programs, such as <application>GSView</application>,
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| 335 | <application>ImageMagick</application>, and
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| 336 | <application>libspectre</application>.
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| 337 | </para>
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[d891148c] | 338 | <indexterm zone="gs libgs.so">
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| 339 | <primary sortas="c-libgs.so">libgs.so</primary>
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| 340 | </indexterm>
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| 341 | </listitem>
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| 342 | </varlistentry>
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[038ea6ba] | 343 | </variablelist>
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| 344 |
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[2d37d32] | 345 | <para>
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[0c32749] | 346 | <application>Ghostscript</application> provides many different
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[2d37d32] | 347 | scripts used to convert PostScript, PDF, and other formats. Please refer to
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| 348 | the HTML documentation or the man pages for information about the
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| 349 | capabilities provided.
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| 350 | </para>
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[ed30f09] | 351 | </sect2>
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[cabb2de] | 352 | </sect1>
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