source: pst/printing/gs.xml@ 15b3bc29

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

  <!ENTITY gs-download-http "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/ghostscript/ghostscript-&gs-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY gs-download-ftp  "ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/AFPL/gs851/ghostscript-&gs-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY gs-md5sum        "e65e0c40213a616174572faa639e04d6">
  <!ENTITY gs-size          "9.3 MB">
  <!ENTITY gs-buildsize     "104 MB (includes installing libgs.so and both font tarballs)">
  <!ENTITY gs-time          "2.4 SBU (includes building and installing libgs.so)">

  <!ENTITY gs-standard-fonts-download "ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/fonts/ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY gs-standard-fonts-md5sum   "6865682b095f8c4500c54b285ff05ef6">
  <!ENTITY gs-standard-fonts-size     "3.7 MB">

  <!ENTITY gs-other-fonts-download "http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ghostscript/gnu-gs-fonts-other-6.0.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY gs-other-fonts-md5sum   "33457d3f37de7ef03d2eea05a9e6aa4f">
  <!ENTITY gs-other-fonts-size     "796 KB">
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<sect1 id="gs" xreflabel="AFPL Ghostscript-&gs-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="gs.html"?>

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

  <title>AFPL Ghostscript-&gs-version;</title>

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

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

    <para><application>Ghostscript</application> is a versatile processor
    for PostScript data with the ability to render PostScript to different
    targets.</para>

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

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

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

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

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
    <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
    <xref linkend="GTK"/>, and
    <xref linkend="x-window-system"/></para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Conflicts</bridgehead>
    <para>This version of Ghostscript does not work with
    <application>CUPS</application> due to missing generic "cups" raster
    image driver. The necessary support cannot be patched in due to
    incompatible licenses. Use <xref linkend="espgs"/> instead if you have
    <application>CUPS</application>.</para>

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

  </sect2>

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

    <para>Install <application>Ghostscript</application> by running the
    following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

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

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

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

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

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

<screen role="root"><userinput>make soinstall &amp;&amp;
install -v -d -m755 /usr/include/ps &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644 src/*.h /usr/include/ps &amp;&amp;
ln -v -s ps /usr/include/ghostscript</userinput></screen>

    <note>
      <para>The shared library depends on <xref linkend="GTK"/>. It is
      only used in external programs like <xref linkend="gsview"/> and
      <xref linkend="imagemagick"/>.</para>
    </note>

    <para>To finish the installation, unpack all fonts you've downloaded to
    <filename class="directory">/usr/share/ghostscript</filename> and ensure
    the ownerships of the files are root:root. Substitute
    <replaceable>&lt;font-tarball&gt;</replaceable> appropriately in
    the command below for the fonts you wish to install:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>tar -xvf ../<replaceable>&lt;font-tarball&gt;</replaceable> -C /usr/share/ghostscript &amp;&amp;
chown -v -R root:root /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

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

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

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

  </sect2>

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>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</seg>
        <seg>libgs.so </seg>
        <seg>/usr/include/ps and /usr/share/ghostscript</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="afplgs-prog-gs">
        <term><command>gs</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>invokes <application>Ghostscript</application>, an interpreter
          of Adobe Systems' PostScript(tm) and Portable Document Format
          (PDF) languages.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gs afplgs-prog-gs">
            <primary sortas="b-gs">gs</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

   </variablelist>

    <para><application>AFPL Ghostscript</application> provides many different
    scripts used to render PostScript/PDF files back and forth. Please refer
    to the HTML documentation or try <command>man gs</command> for information
    about the capabilities provided by the package.</para>

  </sect2>

</sect1>