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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 | <!-- When updating, ensure gs9xx is updated in url -->
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| 8 |
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| 9 | <!ENTITY gs-download-http
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| 10 | "https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl-downloads/releases/download/gs&gs-packver;/ghostscript-&gs-version;.tar.xz">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY gs-download-ftp " ">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY gs-md5sum "72535d31018129a1a8ff636a47ba1f92">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY gs-size "53 MB">
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| 14 | <!ENTITY gs-buildsize "342 MB (with fonts and libgs.so)">
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| 15 | <!ENTITY gs-time "1.8 SBU (Using parallelism=4; with libgs.so)">
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <!ENTITY gs-standard-fonts-download
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| 18 | "&sourceforge-dl;/gs-fonts/ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11.tar.gz">
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| 19 | <!ENTITY gs-standard-fonts-md5sum "6865682b095f8c4500c54b285ff05ef6">
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| 20 | <!ENTITY gs-standard-fonts-size "3.7 MB">
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <!ENTITY gs-other-fonts-download
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| 23 | "&sourceforge-dl;/gs-fonts/gnu-gs-fonts-other-6.0.tar.gz">
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| 24 | <!ENTITY gs-other-fonts-md5sum "33457d3f37de7ef03d2eea05a9e6aa4f">
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| 25 | <!ENTITY gs-other-fonts-size "796 KB">
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| 26 | ]>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <sect1 id="gs" xreflabel="ghostscript-&gs-version;">
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| 29 | <?dbhtml filename="gs.html"?>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <sect1info>
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| 32 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 33 | </sect1info>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <title>ghostscript-&gs-version;</title>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <indexterm zone="gs">
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| 38 | <primary sortas="a-Ghostscript">Ghostscript</primary>
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| 39 | </indexterm>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 42 | <title>Introduction to Ghostscript</title>
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| 43 |
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| 44 | <para>
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| 45 | <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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| 47 | targets. It is a mandatory part of the cups printing stack.
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| 48 | </para>
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| 49 |
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| 50 | &lfs101_checked;
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| 51 |
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| 52 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 53 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>
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| 56 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gs-download-http;"/>
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| 57 | </para>
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| 58 | </listitem>
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| 59 | <listitem>
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| 60 | <para>
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| 61 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gs-download-ftp;"/>
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| 62 | </para>
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| 63 | </listitem>
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| 64 | <listitem>
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| 65 | <para>
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| 66 | Download MD5 sum: &gs-md5sum;
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| 67 | </para>
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| 68 | </listitem>
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| 69 | <listitem>
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| 70 | <para>
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| 71 | Download size: &gs-size;
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| 72 | </para>
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| 73 | </listitem>
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| 74 | <listitem>
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| 75 | <para>
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| 76 | Estimated disk space required: &gs-buildsize;
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| 77 | </para>
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| 78 | </listitem>
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| 79 | <listitem>
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| 80 | <para>
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| 81 | Estimated build time: &gs-time;
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| 82 | </para>
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| 83 | </listitem>
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| 84 | </itemizedlist>
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| 85 |
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| 86 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 87 | <!-- Commenting this out since it's no longer needed, but keeping it for the
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| 88 | inevitable next time that we need a patch for this package.
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| 89 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 90 | <listitem>
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| 91 | <para>
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| 92 | Required patch:
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| 93 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/ghostscript-&gs-version;-freetype_fix-1.patch"/>
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| 94 | </para>
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| 95 | </listitem>
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| 96 | </itemizedlist>
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| 97 | -->
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <para>
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| 100 | If you wish, you can download additional fonts.
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| 101 | </para>
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| 102 |
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| 103 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 104 | <title>Standard Fonts</title>
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| 105 | <listitem>
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| 106 | <para>
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| 107 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gs-standard-fonts-download;"/>
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| 108 | </para>
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| 109 | </listitem>
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| 110 | <listitem>
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| 111 | <para>
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| 112 | Download MD5 sum: &gs-standard-fonts-md5sum;
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| 113 | </para>
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| 114 | </listitem>
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| 115 | <listitem>
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| 116 | <para>
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| 117 | Download size: &gs-standard-fonts-size;
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| 118 | </para>
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| 119 | </listitem>
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| 120 | </itemizedlist>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 123 | <title>Other Fonts</title>
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| 124 | <listitem>
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| 125 | <para>
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| 126 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gs-other-fonts-download;"/>
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| 127 | </para>
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| 128 | </listitem>
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| 129 | <listitem>
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| 130 | <para>
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| 131 | Download MD5 sum: &gs-other-fonts-md5sum;
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| 132 | </para>
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| 133 | </listitem>
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| 134 | <listitem>
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| 135 | <para>
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| 136 | Download size: &gs-other-fonts-size;
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| 137 | </para>
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| 138 | </listitem>
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| 139 | </itemizedlist>
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| 140 |
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| 141 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Ghostscript Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 142 |
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| 143 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 144 | <para role="recommended">
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| 145 | <xref linkend="cups"/> (required for building the <quote>cups</quote>
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| 146 | device backend, which is needed by
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| 147 | <application>cups-filters</application>),
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| 148 | <xref linkend="fontconfig"/> (required, if you are installing any
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| 149 | suggested font),
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| 150 | <xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
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| 151 | <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
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| 152 | <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
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| 153 | <xref linkend="libtiff"/>, and
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| 154 | <xref linkend="openjpeg2"/>
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| 155 | </para>
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| 156 |
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| 157 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 158 | <para role="optional">
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| 159 | <xref linkend="cairo"/>,
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| 160 | <xref linkend="gtk3"/>,
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| 161 | <xref linkend="libidn"/>,
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| 162 | <xref linkend="libpaper"/>, and
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| 163 | <xref linkend="x-window-system"/>
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| 164 | </para>
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| 165 |
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| 166 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 167 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gs"/>
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| 168 | </para>
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| 169 | </sect2>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 172 | <title>Installation of Ghostscript</title>
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| 173 |
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| 174 | <note>
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| 175 | <para>
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| 176 | The <application>Ghostscript</application> build system is not
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| 177 | user-friendly. In order to use system copies of various graphics
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| 178 | libraries, you must do it using unconventional methods.
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| 179 | </para>
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| 180 | </note>
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| 181 |
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| 182 | <para>
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| 183 | <application>Ghostscript</application> includes (old) copies of
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| 184 | several libraries. Some of these seem to have been patched to fix known
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| 185 | vulnerabilities, but others of these copies are less-well maintained.
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| 186 | To ensure that any future fixes are applied throughout the whole system,
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| 187 | it is recommended that you first install the released versions of these
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| 188 | libraries and then configure <application>Ghostscript</application>
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| 189 | to link to them.
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| 190 | </para>
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| 191 |
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| 192 | <para>
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| 193 | If you have installed the recommended dependencies on your system,
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| 194 | remove the copies of
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| 195 | <application>freetype</application>, <application>lcms2</application>,
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| 196 | <application>libjpeg</application>, <application>libpng</application>,
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| 197 | and <application>openjpeg</application>:
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| 198 | </para>
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| 199 |
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| 200 | <screen><userinput>rm -rf freetype lcms2mt jpeg libpng openjpeg</userinput></screen>
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| 201 |
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| 202 | <!--
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| 203 | <para>
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| 204 | Apply a patch to fix a problem introduced by changes in freetype-2.10.3:
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| 205 | </para>
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| 206 |
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| 207 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../ghostscript-&gs-version;-freetype_fix-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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| 208 | -->
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| 209 |
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| 210 | <para>
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| 211 | Compile <application>Ghostscript</application>:
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| 212 | </para>
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| 213 |
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| 214 | <screen><userinput>rm -rf zlib &&
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| 215 |
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| 216 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 217 | --disable-compile-inits \
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| 218 | --enable-dynamic \
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| 219 | --with-system-libtiff &&
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| 220 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 221 |
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| 222 | <note>
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| 223 | <para>
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| 224 | The shared library depends on <xref linkend="gtk3"/>. It is only used by
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| 225 | external programs like <xref linkend="asymptote"/>, <xref
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| 226 | linkend="dvisvgm"/>, <xref linkend="imagemagick"/>, and <xref
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| 227 | linkend="texlive"/>.
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| 228 | </para>
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| 229 | </note>
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| 230 |
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| 231 | <para>
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| 232 | To compile the shared library
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| 233 | <filename class="libraryfile">libgs.so</filename>, run the following
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| 234 | additional command as an unprivileged user:
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| 235 | </para>
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| 236 |
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| 237 | <screen><userinput>make so</userinput></screen>
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| 238 |
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| 239 | <para>
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| 240 | This package does not come with a test suite. A set of example files
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| 241 | may be used for testing, but it is only possible after installation
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| 242 | of the package.
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| 243 | </para>
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| 244 |
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| 245 | <para>
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| 246 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 247 | </para>
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| 248 |
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| 249 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 250 |
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| 251 | <para>
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| 252 | If you want the shared library too:
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| 253 | </para>
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| 254 |
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| 255 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make soinstall &&
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| 256 | install -v -m644 base/*.h /usr/include/ghostscript &&
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| 257 | ln -sfvn ghostscript /usr/include/ps</userinput></screen>
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| 258 |
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| 259 | <para>
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| 260 | Now make the documentation accessible from a standard place:
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| 261 | </para>
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| 262 | <!-- Starting with 9.23, the install does not seem to copy the examples any more -->
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| 263 |
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| 264 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mv -v /usr/share/doc/ghostscript/&gs-version; /usr/share/doc/ghostscript-&gs-version; &&
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| 265 | rm -rfv /usr/share/doc/ghostscript &&
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| 266 | cp -r examples/ /usr/share/ghostscript/&gs-version;/</userinput></screen>
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| 267 |
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| 268 | <para>
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| 269 | If you have downloaded the fonts, unpack them to
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| 270 | <filename class="directory">/usr/share/ghostscript</filename> and ensure
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| 271 | the ownership of the files are
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| 272 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:
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| 273 | <systemitem class="groupname">root</systemitem>.
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| 274 | </para>
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| 275 |
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| 276 | <screen role="root"><userinput>tar -xvf ../ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11.tar.gz -C /usr/share/ghostscript --no-same-owner &&
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| 277 | tar -xvf ../gnu-gs-fonts-other-6.0.tar.gz -C /usr/share/ghostscript --no-same-owner &&
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| 278 | fc-cache -v /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/</userinput></screen>
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| 279 |
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| 280 | <para>
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| 281 | You can now test the rendering of various postscript and pdf files from the
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| 282 | <filename class="directory">/usr/share/ghostscript/&gs-version;/examples
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| 283 | </filename>. To do this, run the following command (in a X Windows display):
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| 284 | </para>
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| 285 |
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| 286 | <screen remap="test"><userinput>gs -q -dBATCH /usr/share/ghostscript/&gs-version;/examples/tiger.eps</userinput></screen>
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| 287 |
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| 288 | </sect2>
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| 289 |
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| 290 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 291 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 292 |
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| 293 | <para>
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| 294 | <command>rm -rf zlib </command>: <application>zlib</application>
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| 295 | was installed as part of LFS.
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| 296 | </para>
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| 297 |
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| 298 | <para>
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| 299 | <parameter>--disable-compile-inits</parameter>: This option makes
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| 300 | <command>gs</command> and <filename>libgs.so</filename> slightly smaller.
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| 301 | </para>
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| 302 |
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| 303 | <para>
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| 304 | <parameter>--with-system-libtiff</parameter>: Remove this option if
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| 305 | you've not installed <xref linkend="libtiff"/>.
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| 306 | </para>
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| 307 |
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| 308 | <para>
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| 309 | <command>install -v -m644 base/*.h... </command>: Some packages
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| 310 | (<application>ImageMagick</application> is one) need the
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| 311 | <application>Ghostscript</application> interface headers in place to link
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| 312 | to the shared library. These commands install the headers.
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| 313 | </para>
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| 314 |
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| 315 | <para>
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| 316 | <command>ln -sfvn ghostscript /usr/include/ps</command>: Some packages
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| 317 | expect to find the interface headers in an alternate location.
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| 318 | </para>
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| 319 |
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| 320 | <para>
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| 321 | <command>mv -v /usr/share/doc/ghostscript/&gs-version;
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| 322 | /usr/share/doc/ghostscript-&gs-version;</command>: This moves the
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| 323 | documentation where it is expected to be found.
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| 324 | </para>
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| 325 |
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| 326 | <para>
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| 327 | <option>--disable-cups</option>: this option will save a tiny amount of
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| 328 | space by not linking <command>gs</command> and <filename>libgs.so</filename>
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| 329 | to the <xref linkend="cups"/> libraries if you have installed those.
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| 330 | </para>
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| 331 | </sect2>
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| 332 |
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| 333 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 334 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 335 | <segmentedlist>
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| 336 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 337 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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| 338 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 339 |
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| 340 | <seglistitem>
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| 341 | <seg>
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| 342 | dvipdf, eps2eps, gs, gsbj, gsc (from soinstall), gsdj,
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| 343 | gsdj500, gslj, gslp, gsnd, gsx (from soinstall), lprsetup.sh,
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| 344 | pdf2dsc, pdf2ps, pf2afm, pfbtopfa, pphs, printafm, ps2ascii,
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| 345 | ps2epsi, ps2pdf, ps2pdf12, ps2pdf13, ps2pdf14, ps2pdfwr,
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| 346 | ps2ps, ps2ps2, and unix-lpr.sh
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| 347 | <!-- I don't see bdftops,fixmswrd.pl or pv.sh on my builds [ I don't
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| 348 | have any bdf tools from xorg ] but they are still referenced in
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| 349 | base/unixinst.mak -->
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| 350 | </seg>
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| 351 | <seg>libgs.so and
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| 352 | /usr/lib/ghostscript/&gs-version;/X11.so</seg>
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| 353 | <seg>
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| 354 | /usr/include/ghostscript,
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| 355 | /usr/lib/ghostscript,
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| 356 | /usr/share/ghostscript, and
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| 357 | /usr/share/doc/ghostscript-&gs-version;
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| 358 | </seg>
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| 359 | </seglistitem>
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| 360 | </segmentedlist>
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| 361 |
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| 362 | <variablelist>
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| 363 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 364 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 365 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 366 |
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| 367 | <varlistentry id="gplgs-prog">
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| 368 | <term><command>gs</command></term>
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| 369 | <listitem>
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| 370 | <para>
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| 371 | is an interpreter for Adobe Systems' PostScript(tm) and Portable
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| 372 | Document Format (PDF)
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| 373 | </para>
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| 374 | <indexterm zone="gs gplgs-prog">
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| 375 | <primary sortas="b-gs">gs</primary>
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| 376 | </indexterm>
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| 377 | </listitem>
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| 378 | </varlistentry>
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| 379 |
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| 380 | <varlistentry id="libgs.so">
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| 381 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgs.so</filename></term>
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| 382 | <listitem>
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| 383 | <para>
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| 384 | provides <application>Ghostscript</application> functionality to
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| 385 | other programs, such as <application>GSView</application>,
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| 386 | <application>ImageMagick</application>, and
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| 387 | <application>libspectre</application>
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| 388 | </para>
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| 389 | <indexterm zone="gs libgs.so">
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| 390 | <primary sortas="c-libgs.so">libgs.so</primary>
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| 391 | </indexterm>
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| 392 | </listitem>
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| 393 | </varlistentry>
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| 394 | </variablelist>
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| 395 |
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| 396 | <para>
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| 397 | <application>Ghostscript</application> provides many different
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| 398 | scripts used to convert PostScript, PDF, and other formats. Please refer to
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| 399 | the HTML documentation or the man pages for information about the
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| 400 | capabilities provided.
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| 401 | </para>
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| 402 | </sect2>
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| 404 | </sect1>
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