%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ AFPL Ghostscript Ghostscript is a versatile processor for PostScript data with the ability to render PostScript to different targets. Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &gs-md5sum; Download size: &gs-size; Estimated disk space required: &gs-buildsize; Estimated build time: &gs-time; Additional Downloads Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &gs-standard-fonts-md5sum; Download size: &gs-standard-fonts-size; Download (HTTP): Download MD5 sum: &gs-other-fonts-md5sum; Download size: &gs-other-fonts-size; Ghostscript Dependencies Optional , , , and Conflicts This version of Ghostscript does not work with CUPS due to missing generic "cups" raster image driver. The necessary support cannot be patched in due to incompatible licenses. Use instead if you have CUPS. User Notes: Install Ghostscript by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr && make This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make install To install the shared library libgs.so, run the following additional command as an unprivileged user: make so And again, as the root user: make soinstall && install -v -d -m755 /usr/include/ps && install -v -m644 src/*.h /usr/include/ps && ln -v -s ps /usr/include/ghostscript The shared library depends on . It is only used in external programs like and . To finish the installation, unpack all fonts you've downloaded to /usr/share/ghostscript and ensure the ownerships of the files are root:root. Substitute <font-tarball> appropriately in the command below for the fonts you wish to install: tar -xvf ../<font-tarball> -C /usr/share/ghostscript && chown -v -R root:root /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts install ...: Some packages (ImageMagick is one) need the Ghostscript interface headers in place to link to the shared library. These commands install the headers. ln -v -s ps /usr/include/ghostscript: Some packages expect to find the interface headers in an alternate location. Installed Programs Installed Library Installed Directories bdftops, dumphint, ddvipdf, eps2eps, fixmswrd.pl, font2c, gs, gsbj, gsc, gsdj, gsdj500, gslj, gslp, gsnd, gsx, lprsetup.sh, pdf2dsc, pdf2ps, pdfopt, pf2afm, pfbtopfa, pj-gs.sh, printafm, ps2ascii, ps2epsi, ps2pdf, ps2pdf12, ps2pdf13, ps2pdf14, ps2pdfwr, ps2ps, pv.sh, unix-lpr.sh, and wftopfa libgs.so /usr/include/ps and /usr/share/ghostscript Short Descriptions gs invokes Ghostscript, an interpreter of Adobe Systems' PostScript(tm) and Portable Document Format (PDF) languages. gs AFPL Ghostscript provides many different scripts used to render PostScript/PDF files back and forth. Please refer to the HTML documentation or try man gs for information about the capabilities provided by the package.