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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 "bf0b41d6e19fdeb4b050afad309248d2">
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13 | <!ENTITY gs-size "39 MB">
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14 | <!ENTITY gs-buildsize "247 MB (with fonts and libgs.so)">
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15 | <!ENTITY gs-time "0.7 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 | <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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36 | <title>ghostscript-&gs-version;</title>
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37 |
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38 | <indexterm zone="gs">
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39 | <primary sortas="a-Ghostscript">Ghostscript</primary>
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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>
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46 | <application>Ghostscript</application> is a versatile processor
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47 | for PostScript data with the ability to render PostScript to different
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48 | targets. It is a mandatory part of the cups printing stack.
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49 | </para>
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50 |
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51 | &lfs101_checked;
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52 |
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53 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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54 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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55 | <listitem>
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56 | <para>
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57 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gs-download-http;"/>
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58 | </para>
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59 | </listitem>
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60 | <listitem>
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61 | <para>
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62 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gs-download-ftp;"/>
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63 | </para>
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64 | </listitem>
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65 | <listitem>
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66 | <para>
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67 | Download MD5 sum: &gs-md5sum;
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68 | </para>
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69 | </listitem>
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70 | <listitem>
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71 | <para>
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72 | Download size: &gs-size;
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73 | </para>
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74 | </listitem>
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75 | <listitem>
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76 | <para>
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77 | Estimated disk space required: &gs-buildsize;
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78 | </para>
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79 | </listitem>
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80 | <listitem>
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81 | <para>
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82 | Estimated build time: &gs-time;
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83 | </para>
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84 | </listitem>
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85 | </itemizedlist>
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86 |
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87 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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88 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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89 | <listitem>
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90 | <para>
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91 | Required patch:
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92 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/ghostscript-&gs-version;-freetype_fix-1.patch"/>
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93 | </para>
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94 | </listitem>
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95 | </itemizedlist>
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96 |
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97 | <para>
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98 | If you wish, you can download additional fonts.
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99 | </para>
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100 |
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101 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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102 | <title>Standard Fonts</title>
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103 | <listitem>
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104 | <para>
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105 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gs-standard-fonts-download;"/>
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106 | </para>
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107 | </listitem>
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108 | <listitem>
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109 | <para>
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110 | Download MD5 sum: &gs-standard-fonts-md5sum;
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111 | </para>
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112 | </listitem>
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113 | <listitem>
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114 | <para>
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115 | Download size: &gs-standard-fonts-size;
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116 | </para>
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117 | </listitem>
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118 | </itemizedlist>
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119 |
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120 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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121 | <title>Other Fonts</title>
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122 | <listitem>
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123 | <para>
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124 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gs-other-fonts-download;"/>
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125 | </para>
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126 | </listitem>
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127 | <listitem>
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128 | <para>
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129 | Download MD5 sum: &gs-other-fonts-md5sum;
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130 | </para>
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131 | </listitem>
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132 | <listitem>
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133 | <para>
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134 | Download size: &gs-other-fonts-size;
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135 | </para>
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136 | </listitem>
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137 | </itemizedlist>
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138 |
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139 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Ghostscript Dependencies</bridgehead>
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140 |
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141 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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142 | <para role="recommended">
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143 | <xref linkend="cups"/> (required for building the <quote>cups</quote>
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144 | device backend, which is needed by
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145 | <application>cups-filters</application>),
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146 | <xref linkend="fontconfig"/> (required, if you are installing any
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147 | suggested font),
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148 | <xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
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149 | <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
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150 | <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
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151 | <xref linkend="libtiff"/>, and
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152 | <xref linkend="openjpeg2"/>
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153 | </para>
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154 |
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155 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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156 | <para role="optional">
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157 | <xref linkend="cairo"/>,
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158 | <xref linkend="gtk3"/>,
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159 | <xref linkend="libidn"/>,
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160 | <xref linkend="libpaper"/>, and
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161 | <xref linkend="x-window-system"/>
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162 | </para>
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163 |
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164 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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165 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gs"/>
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166 | </para>
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167 | </sect2>
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168 |
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169 | <sect2 role="installation">
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170 | <title>Installation of Ghostscript</title>
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171 |
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172 | <note>
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173 | <para>
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174 | The <application>Ghostscript</application> build system is not
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175 | user-friendly. In order to use system copies of various graphics
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176 | libraries, you must do it using unconventional methods.
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177 | </para>
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178 | </note>
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179 |
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180 | <para>
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181 | <application>Ghostscript</application> includes (old) copies of
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182 | several libraries. Some of these seem to have been patched to fix known
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183 | vulnerabilities, but others of these copies are less-well maintained.
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184 | To ensure that any future fixes are applied throughout the whole system,
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185 | it is recommended that you first install the released versions of these
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186 | libraries and then configure <application>Ghostscript</application>
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187 | to link to them.
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188 | </para>
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189 |
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190 | <para>
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191 | If you have installed the recommended dependencies on your system,
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192 | remove the copies of
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193 | <application>freetype</application>, <application>lcms2</application>,
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194 | <application>libjpeg</application>, <application>libpng</application>,
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195 | and <application>openjpeg</application>:
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196 | </para>
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197 |
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198 | <screen><userinput>rm -rf freetype lcms2mt jpeg libpng openjpeg</userinput></screen>
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199 |
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200 | <para>
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201 | Apply a patch to fix a problem introduced by changes in freetype-2.10.3:
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202 | </para>
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203 |
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204 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../ghostscript-&gs-version;-freetype_fix-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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205 |
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206 | <para>
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207 | Compile <application>Ghostscript</application>:
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208 | </para>
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209 |
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210 | <screen><userinput>rm -rf zlib &&
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211 |
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212 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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213 | --disable-compile-inits \
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214 | --enable-dynamic \
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215 | --with-system-libtiff &&
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216 | make</userinput></screen>
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217 |
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218 | <note>
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219 | <para>
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220 | The shared library depends on <xref linkend="gtk3"/>. It is only used by
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221 | external programs like <xref linkend="asymptote"/>, <xref
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222 | linkend="dvisvgm"/>, <xref linkend="imagemagick"/>, and <xref
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223 | linkend="texlive"/>.
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224 | </para>
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225 | </note>
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226 |
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227 | <para>
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228 | To compile the shared library
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229 | <filename class="libraryfile">libgs.so</filename>, run the following
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230 | additional command as an unprivileged user:
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231 | </para>
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232 |
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233 | <screen><userinput>make so</userinput></screen>
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234 |
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235 | <para>
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236 | This package does not come with a test suite. A set of example files
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237 | may be used for testing, but it is only possible after installation
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238 | of the package.
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239 | </para>
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240 |
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241 | <para>
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242 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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243 | </para>
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244 |
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245 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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246 |
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247 | <para>
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248 | If you want the shared library too:
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249 | </para>
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250 |
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251 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make soinstall &&
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252 | install -v -m644 base/*.h /usr/include/ghostscript &&
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253 | ln -sfvn ghostscript /usr/include/ps</userinput></screen>
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254 |
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255 | <para>
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256 | Now make the documentation accessible from the normal place:
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257 | </para>
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258 | <!-- Starting with 9.23, the install does not seem to copy the examples any more -->
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259 |
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260 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mv -v /usr/share/doc/ghostscript/&gs-version; /usr/share/doc/ghostscript-&gs-version; &&
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261 | rm -rfv /usr/share/doc/ghostscript &&
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262 | cp -r examples/ /usr/share/ghostscript/&gs-version;/</userinput></screen>
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263 |
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264 | <para>
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265 | If you have downloaded the fonts, unpack them to
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266 | <filename class="directory">/usr/share/ghostscript</filename> and ensure
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267 | the ownerships of the files are
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268 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:
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269 | <systemitem class="groupname">root</systemitem>.
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270 | </para>
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271 |
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272 | <screen role="root"><userinput>tar -xvf ../ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11.tar.gz -C /usr/share/ghostscript --no-same-owner &&
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273 | tar -xvf ../gnu-gs-fonts-other-6.0.tar.gz -C /usr/share/ghostscript --no-same-owner &&
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274 | fc-cache -v /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/</userinput></screen>
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275 |
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276 | <para>
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277 | You can now test the rendering of various postscript and pdf files from the
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278 | <filename class="directory">/usr/share/ghostscript/&gs-version;/examples
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279 | </filename>, for example (you need an X window system display):
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280 | </para>
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281 |
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282 | <screen remap="test"><userinput>gs -q -dBATCH /usr/share/ghostscript/&gs-version;/examples/tiger.eps</userinput></screen>
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283 |
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284 | </sect2>
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285 |
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286 | <sect2 role="commands">
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287 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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288 |
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289 | <para>
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290 | <command>rm -rf zlib </command>: <application>zlib</application>
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291 | was installed as part of LFS.
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292 | </para>
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293 |
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294 | <para>
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295 | <parameter>--disable-compile-inits</parameter>: This option makes
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296 | <command>gs</command> and <filename>libgs.so</filename> slightly smaller.
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297 | </para>
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298 |
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299 | <para>
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300 | <parameter>--with-system-libtiff</parameter>: Remove this option if
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301 | you've not installed <xref linkend="libtiff"/>.
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302 | </para>
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303 |
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304 | <para>
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305 | <command>install -v -m644 base/*.h... </command>: Some packages
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306 | (<application>ImageMagick</application> is one) need the
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307 | <application>Ghostscript</application> interface headers in place to link
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308 | to the shared library. These commands install the headers.
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309 | </para>
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310 |
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311 | <para>
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312 | <command>ln -sfvn ghostscript /usr/include/ps</command>: Some packages
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313 | expect to find the interface headers in an alternate location.
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314 | </para>
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315 |
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316 | <para>
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317 | <command>mv -v /usr/share/doc/ghostscript/&gs-version;
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318 | /usr/share/doc/ghostscript-&gs-version;</command>: This moves the
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319 | documentation where it is expected to be found.
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320 | </para>
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321 |
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322 | <para>
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323 | <option>--disable-cups</option>: this option will save a tiny amount of
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324 | space by not linking <command>gs</command> and <filename>libgs.so</filename>
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325 | to the <xref linkend="cups"/> libraries if you have installed those.
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326 | </para>
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327 | </sect2>
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328 |
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329 | <sect2 role="content">
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330 | <title>Contents</title>
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331 | <segmentedlist>
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332 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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333 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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334 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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335 |
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336 | <seglistitem>
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337 | <seg>
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338 | dvipdf, eps2eps, gs, gsbj, gsc (from soinstall), gsdj,
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339 | gsdj500, gslj, gslp, gsnd, gsx (from soinstall), lprsetup.sh,
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340 | pdf2dsc, pdf2ps, pf2afm, pfbtopfa, pphs, printafm, ps2ascii,
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341 | ps2epsi, ps2pdf, ps2pdf12, ps2pdf13, ps2pdf14, ps2pdfwr,
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342 | ps2ps, ps2ps2, and unix-lpr.sh
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343 | <!-- I don't see bdftops,fixmswrd.pl or pv.sh on my builds [ I don't
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344 | have any bdf tools from xorg ] but they are still referenced in
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345 | base/unixinst.mak -->
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346 | </seg>
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347 | <seg>libgs.so and
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348 | /usr/lib/ghostscript/&gs-version;/X11.so</seg>
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349 | <seg>
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350 | /usr/include/ghostscript,
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351 | /usr/lib/ghostscript,
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352 | /usr/share/ghostscript, and
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353 | /usr/share/doc/ghostscript-&gs-version;
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354 | </seg>
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355 | </seglistitem>
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356 | </segmentedlist>
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357 |
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358 | <variablelist>
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359 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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360 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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361 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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362 |
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363 | <varlistentry id="gplgs-prog">
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364 | <term><command>gs</command></term>
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365 | <listitem>
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366 | <para>
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367 | is an interpreter for Adobe Systems' PostScript(tm) and Portable
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368 | Document Format (PDF)
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369 | </para>
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370 | <indexterm zone="gs gplgs-prog">
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371 | <primary sortas="b-gs">gs</primary>
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372 | </indexterm>
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373 | </listitem>
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374 | </varlistentry>
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375 |
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376 | <varlistentry id="libgs.so">
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377 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgs.so</filename></term>
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378 | <listitem>
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379 | <para>
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380 | provides <application>Ghostscript</application> functionality to
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381 | other programs, such as <application>GSView</application>,
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382 | <application>ImageMagick</application>, and
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383 | <application>libspectre</application>
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384 | </para>
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385 | <indexterm zone="gs libgs.so">
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386 | <primary sortas="c-libgs.so">libgs.so</primary>
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387 | </indexterm>
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388 | </listitem>
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389 | </varlistentry>
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390 | </variablelist>
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391 |
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392 | <para>
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393 | <application>Ghostscript</application> provides many different
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394 | scripts used to convert PostScript, PDF, and other formats. Please refer to
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395 | the HTML documentation or the man pages for information about the
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396 | capabilities provided.
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397 | </para>
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398 | </sect2>
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399 |
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400 | </sect1>
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