source: pst/printing/gs.xml@ 798c542

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!--  When updating, ensure gs9xx is updated in url -->

  <!ENTITY gs-download-http
  "https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl-downloads/releases/download/gs923/ghostscript-&gs-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY gs-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY gs-md5sum        "5a47ab47cd22dec1eb5f51c06f1c9d9c">
  <!ENTITY gs-size          "42 MB">
  <!ENTITY gs-buildsize     "160 MB (with fonts and libgs.so)">
  <!ENTITY gs-time          "1.5 SBU (with libgs.so)">

  <!ENTITY gs-standard-fonts-download
  "&sourceforge-dl;/gs-fonts/ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY gs-standard-fonts-md5sum   "6865682b095f8c4500c54b285ff05ef6">
  <!ENTITY gs-standard-fonts-size     "3.7 MB">

  <!ENTITY gs-other-fonts-download
  "&sourceforge-dl;/gs-fonts/gnu-gs-fonts-other-6.0.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY gs-other-fonts-md5sum      "33457d3f37de7ef03d2eea05a9e6aa4f">
  <!ENTITY gs-other-fonts-size        "796 KB">
]>

<sect1 id="gs" xreflabel="ghostscript-&gs-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="gs.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>ghostscript-&gs-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="gs">
    <primary sortas="a-GPL-Ghostscript">GPL Ghostscript</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Ghostscript</title>

    <para><application>Ghostscript</application> is a versatile processor
    for PostScript data with the ability to render PostScript to different
    targets. It is a mandatory part of the cups printing stack.</para>

    &lfs82_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gs-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gs-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &gs-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &gs-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &gs-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &gs-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>

<!--
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Required Patch: <ulink
          url="&patch-root;/ghostscript-&gs-version;-security_fixes-1.patch"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
-->
      <para>If you wish, you can download additional fonts.</para>

    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <title>Standard Fonts</title>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gs-standard-fonts-download;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &gs-standard-fonts-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &gs-standard-fonts-size;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <title>Other Fonts</title>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gs-other-fonts-download;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &gs-other-fonts-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &gs-other-fonts-size;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Ghostscript Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="cups"/> (required for building the <quote>cups</quote>
      device backend, which is needed by
      <application>cups-filters</application>),
      <xref linkend="fontconfig"/> (required, if you are installing any
      suggested font),
      <xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
      <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
      <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
      <xref linkend="libtiff"/>, and
      <xref linkend="lcms2"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="cairo"/>,
      <xref linkend="gtk3"/>,
      <xref linkend="libidn"/>,
      <xref linkend="libpaper"/>,
      <xref linkend="lcms"/> (not used by default, nor if lcms2 is present or found), and
      <xref linkend="x-window-system"/>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
      User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gs"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Ghostscript</title>

    <note>
      <para>
        The <application>Ghostscript</application> build system is not
        user-friendly. In order to use system copies of various graphics
        libraries, you must do it using unconventional methods.
      </para>
    </note>

    <para>
      <application>GPL Ghostscript</application> includes (old) copies of
      several libraries. Some of these seem to have been patched to fix known
      vulnerabilities, but others of these copies are less-well maintained.
      To ensure that any future fixes are applied throughout the whole system,
      it is recommended that you first install the released versions of these
      libraries and then configure <application>GPL Ghostscript</application>
      to link to them.
    </para>

    <para>
      If you have installed the recommended dependencies on your system, 
      remove the copies of
      <application>freetype</application>, <application>lcms2</application>,
      <application>libjpeg</application>, and <application>libpng</application>:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>rm -rf freetype lcms2 jpeg libpng</userinput></screen>

    <para>Compile <application>Ghostscript</application>:</para>

<screen><userinput>rm -rf zlib &amp;&amp;

./configure --prefix=/usr           \
            --disable-compile-inits \
            --enable-dynamic        \
            --with-system-libtiff   &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <note>
      <para>
        The shared library depends on <xref linkend="gtk3"/>. It is only used by
        external programs like <xref linkend="asymptote"/>, <xref
        linkend="imagemagick"/>, and <xref linkend="texlive"/>.
      </para>
    </note>

    <para>
      To compile the shared library
      <filename class="libraryfile">libgs.so</filename>, run the following
      additional command as an unprivileged user:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>make so</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      This package does not come with a test suite.  A set of example files
      may be used for testing, but it is only possible after installation
      of the package.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

    <para>If you want the shared library too:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make soinstall &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644 base/*.h /usr/include/ghostscript &amp;&amp;
ln -v -s ghostscript /usr/include/ps</userinput></screen>

    <para>Now make the documentation accessible from the normal place:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>ln -sfvn ../ghostscript/&gs-version;/doc /usr/share/doc/ghostscript-&gs-version;</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      If you have downloaded the fonts, unpack them to
      <filename class="directory">/usr/share/ghostscript</filename> and ensure
      the ownerships of the files are
      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:
      <systemitem class="groupname">root</systemitem>.
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>tar -xvf ../ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11.tar.gz -C /usr/share/ghostscript --no-same-owner &amp;&amp;
tar -xvf ../gnu-gs-fonts-other-6.0.tar.gz     -C /usr/share/ghostscript --no-same-owner &amp;&amp;
fc-cache -v /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      You can now test the rendering of various postscript  and pdf files from the
      <filename class="directory">/usr/share/ghostscript/&gs-version;/examples
      </filename>, for example (you need an X window system display):
    </para>

<screen><userinput>gs -q -dBATCH /usr/share/ghostscript/&gs-version;/examples/tiger.eps</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <command>rm -rf zlib </command>: <application>zlib</application>
      was installed as part of LFS.
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>--disable-compile-inits</parameter>: This option makes
      <command>gs</command> and <filename>libgs.so</filename> slightly smaller.
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>--with-system-libtiff</parameter>: Remove this option if
      you've not installed <xref linkend="libtiff"/>.
    </para>

    <para>
      <command>install -v -m644 base/*.h... </command>: Some packages
      (<application>ImageMagick</application> is one) need the
      <application>Ghostscript</application> interface headers in place to link
      to the shared library. These commands install the headers.
    </para>

    <para>
      <command>ln -v -s ghostscript /usr/include/ps</command>: Some packages
      expect to find the interface headers in an alternate location.
    </para>

    <para>
      <command>ln -sfv ../ghostscript-&gs-version;/doc ... </command>: This puts
      a symbolic link to the documentation where it is expected to be found.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>--disable-cups</option>: this option will save a tiny amount of
      space by not linking <command>gs</command> and <filename>libgs.so</filename>
      to the <xref linkend="cups"/> libraries if you have installed those.
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>
    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          dvipdf, eps2eps, font2c, gs, gsbj, gsc (from soinstall), gsdj,
          gsdj500, gslj, gslp, gsnd, gsx (from soinstall), lprsetup.sh,
          pdf2dsc, pdf2ps, pf2afm, pfbtopfa, pphs, printafm, ps2ascii,
          ps2epsi, ps2pdf, ps2pdf12, ps2pdf13, ps2pdf14, ps2pdfwr,
          ps2ps, ps2ps2, unix-lpr.sh, and wftopfa
          <!-- I don't see bdftops,fixmswrd.pl or pv.sh on my builds [ I don't
          have any bdf tools from xorg ] but they are still referenced in
          base/unixinst.mak -->
        </seg>
        <seg>libgs.so and
             /usr/lib/ghostscript/&gs-version;/X11.so</seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/include/ghostscript,
          /usr/lib/ghostscript,
          /usr/share/ghostscript, and
          /usr/share/doc/ghostscript-&gs-version;
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="gplgs-prog">
        <term><command>gs</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is an interpreter for Adobe Systems' PostScript(tm) and Portable
            Document Format (PDF).
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gs gplgs-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-gs">gs</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libgs.so">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgs.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            provides <application>Ghostscript</application> functionality to
            other programs, such as <application>GSView</application>,
            <application>ImageMagick</application>, and
            <application>libspectre</application>.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gs libgs.so">
            <primary sortas="c-libgs.so">libgs.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>

   <para>
     <application>GPL Ghostscript</application> provides many different
     scripts used to convert PostScript, PDF, and other formats. Please refer to
     the HTML documentation or the man pages for information about the
     capabilities provided.
    </para>
  </sect2>
</sect1>