1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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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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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY gs-download-http
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8 | "https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl-downloads/releases/download/gs921/ghostscript-&gs-version;.tar.gz">
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9 | <!ENTITY gs-download-ftp " ">
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10 | <!ENTITY gs-md5sum "5f213281761d2750fcf27476c404d17f">
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11 | <!ENTITY gs-size "37 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY gs-buildsize "159 MB (with fonts and libgs.so)">
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13 | <!ENTITY gs-time "2.3 SBU (with libgs.so)">
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14 |
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15 | <!ENTITY gs-standard-fonts-download
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16 | "&sourceforge-repo;/gs-fonts/ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11.tar.gz">
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17 | <!ENTITY gs-standard-fonts-md5sum "6865682b095f8c4500c54b285ff05ef6">
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18 | <!ENTITY gs-standard-fonts-size "3.7 MB">
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19 |
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20 | <!ENTITY gs-other-fonts-download
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21 | "&sourceforge-repo;/gs-fonts/gnu-gs-fonts-other-6.0.tar.gz">
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22 | <!ENTITY gs-other-fonts-md5sum "33457d3f37de7ef03d2eea05a9e6aa4f">
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23 | <!ENTITY gs-other-fonts-size "796 KB">
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24 | ]>
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25 |
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26 | <sect1 id="gs" xreflabel="ghostscript-&gs-version;">
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27 | <?dbhtml filename="gs.html"?>
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28 |
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29 | <sect1info>
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30 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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31 | <date>$Date$</date>
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32 | </sect1info>
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33 |
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34 | <title>ghostscript-&gs-version;</title>
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35 |
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36 | <indexterm zone="gs">
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37 | <primary sortas="a-GPL-Ghostscript">GPL Ghostscript</primary>
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38 | </indexterm>
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39 |
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40 | <sect2 role="package">
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41 | <title>Introduction to Ghostscript</title>
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42 |
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43 | <para><application>Ghostscript</application> is a versatile processor
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44 | for PostScript data with the ability to render PostScript to different
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45 | targets. It is a mandatory part of the cups printing stack.</para>
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46 |
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47 | &lfs80_checked;
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48 |
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49 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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50 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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51 | <listitem>
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52 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gs-download-http;"/></para>
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53 | </listitem>
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54 | <listitem>
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55 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gs-download-ftp;"/></para>
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56 | </listitem>
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57 | <listitem>
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58 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &gs-md5sum;</para>
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59 | </listitem>
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60 | <listitem>
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61 | <para>Download size: &gs-size;</para>
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62 | </listitem>
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63 | <listitem>
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64 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &gs-buildsize;</para>
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65 | </listitem>
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66 | <listitem>
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67 | <para>Estimated build time: &gs-time;</para>
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68 | </listitem>
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69 | </itemizedlist>
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70 |
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71 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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72 |
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73 | <!--
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74 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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75 | <listitem>
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76 | <para>
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77 | Required Patch: <ulink
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78 | url="&patch-root;/ghostscript-&gs-version;-security_fixes-1.patch"/>
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79 | </para>
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80 | </listitem>
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81 | </itemizedlist>
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82 | -->
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83 | <para>If you wish, you can download additional fonts.</para>
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84 |
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85 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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86 | <title>Standard Fonts</title>
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87 | <listitem>
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88 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gs-standard-fonts-download;"/></para>
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89 | </listitem>
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90 | <listitem>
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91 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &gs-standard-fonts-md5sum;</para>
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92 | </listitem>
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93 | <listitem>
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94 | <para>Download size: &gs-standard-fonts-size;</para>
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95 | </listitem>
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96 | </itemizedlist>
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97 |
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98 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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99 | <title>Other Fonts</title>
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100 | <listitem>
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101 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gs-other-fonts-download;"/></para>
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102 | </listitem>
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103 | <listitem>
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104 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &gs-other-fonts-md5sum;</para>
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105 | </listitem>
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106 | <listitem>
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107 | <para>Download size: &gs-other-fonts-size;</para>
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108 | </listitem>
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109 | </itemizedlist>
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110 |
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111 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Ghostscript Dependencies</bridgehead>
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112 |
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113 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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114 | <para role="recommended">
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115 | <xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
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116 | <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
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117 | <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
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118 | <xref linkend="libtiff"/>, and
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119 | <xref linkend="lcms2"/>
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120 | </para>
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121 |
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122 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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123 | <para role="optional">
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124 | <xref linkend="cairo"/>,
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125 | <xref linkend="cups"/> (required for building the <quote>cups</quote>
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126 | device backend, which is needed by
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127 | <application>cups-filters</application>),
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128 | <xref linkend="fontconfig"/> (required, if you are installing any
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129 | suggested font),
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130 | <xref linkend="gtk3"/>,
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131 | <xref linkend="libidn"/>,
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132 | <xref linkend="libpaper"/>,
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133 | <xref linkend="lcms"/> (not used by default, nor if lcms2 is present or found), and
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134 | <xref linkend="x-window-system"/>
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135 | </para>
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136 |
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137 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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138 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gs"/>
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139 | </para>
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140 | </sect2>
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141 |
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142 | <sect2 role="installation">
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143 | <title>Installation of Ghostscript</title>
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144 |
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145 | <note>
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146 | <para>
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147 | The <application>Ghostscript</application> build system is not
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148 | user-friendly. In order to use system copies of various graphics
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149 | libraries, you must do it using unconventional methods.
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150 | </para>
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151 | </note>
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152 |
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153 | <para>
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154 | <application>GPL Ghostscript</application> includes (old) copies of
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155 | several libraries. Some of these seem to have been patched to fix known
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156 | vulnerabilities, but others of these copies are less-well maintained.
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157 | To ensure that any future fixes are applied throughout the whole system,
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158 | it is recommended that you first install the released versions of these
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159 | libraries and then configure <application>GPL Ghostscript</application>
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160 | to link to them.
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161 | </para>
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162 |
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163 | <para>
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164 | If you have installed the recommended dependencies on your system,
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165 | remove the copies of
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166 | <application>freetype</application>, <application>lcms2</application>,
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167 | <application>libjpeg</application>, and <application>libpng</application>:
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168 | </para>
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169 |
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170 | <screen><userinput>rm -rf freetype lcms2 jpeg libpng</userinput></screen>
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171 |
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172 | <para>Compile <application>Ghostscript</application>:</para>
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173 |
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174 | <screen><userinput>rm -rf zlib &&
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175 |
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176 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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177 | --disable-compile-inits \
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178 | --enable-dynamic \
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179 | --with-system-libtiff &&
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180 | make</userinput></screen>
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181 |
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182 | <note>
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183 | <para>
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184 | The shared library depends on <xref linkend="gtk2"/>. It is only used by
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185 | external programs like <xref linkend="asymptote"/>, <xref
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186 | linkend="imagemagick"/>, and <xref linkend="texlive"/>.
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187 | </para>
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188 | </note>
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189 |
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190 | <para>
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191 | To compile the shared library
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192 | <filename class="libraryfile">libgs.so</filename>, run the following
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193 | additional command as an unprivileged user:
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194 | </para>
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195 |
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196 | <screen><userinput>make so</userinput></screen>
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197 |
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198 | <para>
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199 | This package does not come with a test suite. A set of example files
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200 | may be used for testing, but it is only possible after installation
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201 | of the package.
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202 | </para>
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203 |
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204 | <para>
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205 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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206 | </para>
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207 |
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208 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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209 |
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210 | <para>If you want the shared library too:</para>
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211 |
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212 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make soinstall &&
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213 | install -v -m644 base/*.h /usr/include/ghostscript &&
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214 | ln -v -s ghostscript /usr/include/ps</userinput></screen>
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215 |
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216 | <para>Now make the documentation accessible from the normal place:</para>
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217 |
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218 | <screen role="root"><userinput>ln -sfvn ../ghostscript/&gs-version;/doc /usr/share/doc/ghostscript-&gs-version;</userinput></screen>
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219 |
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220 | <para>
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221 | If you have downloaded any fonts, unpack them to
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222 | <filename class="directory">/usr/share/ghostscript</filename> and ensure
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223 | the ownerships of the files are
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224 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:
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225 | <systemitem class="groupname">root</systemitem>. Substitute
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226 | <replaceable><font-tarball></replaceable> appropriately in the
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227 | command below for the fonts you wish to install:
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228 | </para>
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229 |
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230 | <screen role="root"><userinput>tar -xvf ../<replaceable><font-tarball></replaceable> -C /usr/share/ghostscript --no-same-owner &&
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231 | fc-cache -v /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/</userinput></screen>
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232 |
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233 | <para>
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234 | You can now test the rendering of various postscript and pdf files from the
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235 | <filename class="directory">/usr/share/ghostscript/&gs-version;/examples
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236 | </filename>, for example (you need an X window system display):
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237 | </para>
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238 |
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239 | <screen><userinput>gs -q -dBATCH /usr/share/ghostscript/&gs-version;/examples/tiger.eps</userinput></screen>
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240 |
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241 | </sect2>
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242 |
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243 | <sect2 role="commands">
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244 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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245 |
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246 | <para>
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247 | <command>rm -rf zlib </command>: <application>zlib</application>
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248 | was installed as part of LFS.
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249 | </para>
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250 |
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251 | <para>
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252 | <parameter>--disable-compile-inits</parameter>: This option makes
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253 | <command>gs</command> and <filename>libgs.so</filename> slightly smaller.
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254 | </para>
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255 |
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256 | <para>
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257 | <parameter>--with-system-libtiff</parameter>: Remove this option if
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258 | you've not installed <xref linkend="libtiff"/>.
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259 | </para>
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260 |
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261 | <para>
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262 | <command>install -v -m644 base/*.h... </command>: Some packages
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263 | (<application>ImageMagick</application> is one) need the
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264 | <application>Ghostscript</application> interface headers in place to link
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265 | to the shared library. These commands install the headers.
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266 | </para>
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267 |
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268 | <para>
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269 | <command>ln -v -s ghostscript /usr/include/ps</command>: Some packages
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270 | expect to find the interface headers in an alternate location.
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271 | </para>
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272 |
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273 | <para>
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274 | <command>ln -sfv ../ghostscript-&gs-version;/doc ... </command>: This puts
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275 | a symbolic link to the documentation where it is expected to be found.
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276 | </para>
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277 |
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278 | <para>
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279 | <option>--disable-cups</option>: this option will save a tiny amount of
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280 | space by not linking <command>gs</command> and <filename>libgs.so</filename>
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281 | to the <xref linkend="cups"/> libraries if you have installed those.
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282 | </para>
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283 | </sect2>
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284 |
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285 | <sect2 role="content">
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286 | <title>Contents</title>
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287 | <segmentedlist>
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288 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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289 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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290 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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291 |
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292 | <seglistitem>
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293 | <seg>
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294 | dvipdf, eps2eps, font2c, gs, gsbj, gsc (from soinstall), gsdj,
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295 | gsdj500, gslj, gslp, gsnd, gsx (from soinstall), lprsetup.sh,
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296 | pdf2dsc, pdf2ps, pf2afm, pfbtopfa, pphs, printafm, ps2ascii,
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297 | ps2epsi, ps2pdf, ps2pdf12, ps2pdf13, ps2pdf14, ps2pdfwr,
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298 | ps2ps, ps2ps2, unix-lpr.sh, and wftopfa
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299 | <!-- I don't see bdftops,fixmswrd.pl or pv.sh on my builds [ I don't
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300 | have any bdf tools from xorg ] but they are still referenced in
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301 | base/unixinst.mak -->
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302 | </seg>
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303 | <seg>libgs.so and
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304 | /usr/lib/ghostscript/&gs-version;/X11.so</seg>
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305 | <seg>
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306 | /usr/include/ghostscript,
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307 | /usr/lib/ghostscript,
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308 | /usr/share/ghostscript, and
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309 | /usr/share/doc/ghostscript-&gs-version;
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310 | </seg>
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311 | </seglistitem>
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312 | </segmentedlist>
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313 |
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314 | <variablelist>
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315 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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316 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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317 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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318 |
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319 | <varlistentry id="gplgs-prog">
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320 | <term><command>gs</command></term>
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321 | <listitem>
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322 | <para>
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323 | is an interpreter for Adobe Systems' PostScript(tm) and Portable
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324 | Document Format (PDF).
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325 | </para>
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326 | <indexterm zone="gs gplgs-prog">
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327 | <primary sortas="b-gs">gs</primary>
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328 | </indexterm>
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329 | </listitem>
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330 | </varlistentry>
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331 |
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332 | <varlistentry id="libgs.so">
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333 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgs.so</filename></term>
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334 | <listitem>
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335 | <para>
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336 | provides <application>Ghostscript</application> functionality to
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337 | other programs, such as <application>GSView</application>,
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338 | <application>ImageMagick</application>, and
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339 | <application>libspectre</application>.
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340 | </para>
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341 | <indexterm zone="gs libgs.so">
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342 | <primary sortas="c-libgs.so">libgs.so</primary>
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343 | </indexterm>
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344 | </listitem>
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345 | </varlistentry>
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346 | </variablelist>
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347 |
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348 | <para>
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349 | <application>GPL Ghostscript</application> provides many different
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350 | scripts used to convert PostScript, PDF, and other formats. Please refer to
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351 | the HTML documentation or the man pages for information about the
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352 | capabilities provided.
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353 | </para>
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354 | </sect2>
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355 | </sect1>
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