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 "&sourceforge-repo;/ghostscript/ghostscript-&gs-version;.tar.bz2">
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8 | <!-- <!ENTITY gs-download-ftp "ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/AFPL/gs851/ghostscript-&gs-version;.tar.bz2"> -->
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9 | <!ENTITY gs-download-ftp " ">
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10 | <!ENTITY gs-md5sum "e65e0c40213a616174572faa639e04d6">
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11 | <!ENTITY gs-size "9.3 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY gs-buildsize "104 MB (includes installing libgs.so and both font tarballs)">
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13 | <!ENTITY gs-time "2.4 SBU (includes building and installing libgs.so)">
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14 |
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15 | <!ENTITY gs-standard-fonts-download "ftp://ftp.imagemagick.org/pub/ImageMagick/delegates/ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11.tar.gz">
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16 | <!ENTITY gs-standard-fonts-md5sum "6865682b095f8c4500c54b285ff05ef6">
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17 | <!ENTITY gs-standard-fonts-size "3.7 MB">
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18 |
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19 | <!ENTITY gs-other-fonts-download "http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ghostscript/gnu-gs-fonts-other-6.0.tar.gz">
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20 | <!ENTITY gs-other-fonts-md5sum "33457d3f37de7ef03d2eea05a9e6aa4f">
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21 | <!ENTITY gs-other-fonts-size "796 KB">
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22 | ]>
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23 |
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24 | <sect1 id="gs" xreflabel="AFPL Ghostscript-&gs-version;">
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25 | <?dbhtml filename="gs.html"?>
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26 |
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27 | <sect1info>
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28 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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29 | <date>$Date$</date>
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30 | </sect1info>
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31 |
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32 | <title>AFPL Ghostscript-&gs-version;</title>
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33 |
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34 | <indexterm zone="gs">
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35 | <primary sortas="a-AFPL-Ghostscript">AFPL Ghostscript</primary>
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36 | </indexterm>
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37 |
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38 | <sect2 role="package">
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39 | <title>Introduction to Ghostscript</title>
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40 |
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41 | <para><application>Ghostscript</application> is a versatile processor
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42 | for PostScript data with the ability to render PostScript to different
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43 | targets.</para>
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44 |
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45 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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46 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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47 | <listitem>
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48 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gs-download-http;"/></para>
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49 | </listitem>
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50 | <listitem>
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51 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gs-download-ftp;"/></para>
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52 | </listitem>
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53 | <listitem>
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54 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &gs-md5sum;</para>
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55 | </listitem>
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56 | <listitem>
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57 | <para>Download size: &gs-size;</para>
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58 | </listitem>
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59 | <listitem>
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60 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &gs-buildsize;</para>
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61 | </listitem>
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62 | <listitem>
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63 | <para>Estimated build time: &gs-time;</para>
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64 | </listitem>
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65 | </itemizedlist>
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66 |
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67 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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68 |
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69 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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70 | <title>Standard Fonts</title>
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71 | <listitem>
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72 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gs-standard-fonts-download;"/></para>
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73 | </listitem>
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74 | <listitem>
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75 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &gs-standard-fonts-md5sum;</para>
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76 | </listitem>
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77 | <listitem>
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78 | <para>Download size: &gs-standard-fonts-size;</para>
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79 | </listitem>
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80 | </itemizedlist>
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81 |
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82 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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83 | <title>Other Fonts</title>
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84 | <listitem>
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85 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gs-other-fonts-download;"/></para>
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86 | </listitem>
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87 | <listitem>
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88 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &gs-other-fonts-md5sum;</para>
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89 | </listitem>
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90 | <listitem>
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91 | <para>Download size: &gs-other-fonts-size;</para>
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92 | </listitem>
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93 | </itemizedlist>
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94 |
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95 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Ghostscript Dependencies</bridgehead>
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96 |
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97 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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98 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
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99 | <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
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100 | <xref linkend="GTK"/>, and
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101 | <xref linkend="x-window-system"/></para>
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102 |
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103 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Conflicts</bridgehead>
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104 | <para>This version of Ghostscript does not work with
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105 | <application>CUPS</application> due to missing generic "cups" raster
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106 | image driver. The necessary support cannot be patched in due to
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107 | incompatible licenses. Use <xref linkend="espgs"/> instead if you have
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108 | <application>CUPS</application>.</para>
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109 |
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110 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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111 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gs"/></para>
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112 |
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113 | </sect2>
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114 |
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115 | <sect2 role="installation">
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116 | <title>Installation of Ghostscript</title>
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117 |
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118 | <para>Install <application>Ghostscript</application> by running the
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119 | following commands:</para>
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120 |
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121 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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122 | make</userinput></screen>
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123 |
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124 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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125 |
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126 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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127 |
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128 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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129 |
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130 | <para>To install the shared library
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131 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libgs.so</filename>, run the
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132 | following additional command as an unprivileged user:</para>
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133 |
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134 | <screen><userinput>make so</userinput></screen>
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135 |
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136 | <para>And again, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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137 | user:</para>
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138 |
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139 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make soinstall &&
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140 | install -v -d -m755 /usr/include/ps &&
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141 | install -v -m644 src/*.h /usr/include/ps &&
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142 | ln -v -s ps /usr/include/ghostscript</userinput></screen>
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143 |
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144 | <note>
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145 | <para>The shared library depends on <xref linkend="GTK"/>. It is
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146 | only used in external programs like <xref linkend="gsview"/> and
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147 | <xref linkend="imagemagick"/>.</para>
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148 | </note>
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149 |
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150 | <para>To finish the installation, unpack all fonts you've downloaded to
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151 | <filename class="directory">/usr/share/ghostscript</filename> and ensure
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152 | the ownerships of the files are root:root. Substitute
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153 | <replaceable><font-tarball></replaceable> appropriately in
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154 | the command below for the fonts you wish to install:</para>
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155 |
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156 | <screen role="root"><userinput>tar -xvf ../<replaceable><font-tarball></replaceable> -C /usr/share/ghostscript &&
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157 | chown -v -R root:root /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts</userinput></screen>
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158 |
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159 | </sect2>
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160 |
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161 | <sect2 role="commands">
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162 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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163 |
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164 | <para><command>install ...</command>: Some packages
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165 | (<application>ImageMagick</application> is one) need the
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166 | <application>Ghostscript</application> interface headers in place to link
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167 | to the shared library. These commands install the headers.</para>
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168 |
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169 | <para><command>ln -v -s ps /usr/include/ghostscript</command>: Some
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170 | packages expect to find the interface headers in an alternate
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171 | location.</para>
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172 |
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173 | </sect2>
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174 |
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175 | <sect2 role="content">
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176 | <title>Contents</title>
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177 | <segmentedlist>
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178 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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179 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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180 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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181 |
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182 | <seglistitem>
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183 | <seg>bdftops, dumphint, ddvipdf, eps2eps, fixmswrd.pl, font2c, gs, gsbj,
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184 | gsc, gsdj, gsdj500, gslj, gslp, gsnd, gsx, lprsetup.sh, pdf2dsc, pdf2ps,
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185 | pdfopt, pf2afm, pfbtopfa, pj-gs.sh, printafm, ps2ascii, ps2epsi, ps2pdf,
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186 | ps2pdf12, ps2pdf13, ps2pdf14, ps2pdfwr, ps2ps, pv.sh, unix-lpr.sh, and
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187 | wftopfa</seg>
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188 | <seg>libgs.so </seg>
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189 | <seg>/usr/include/ps and /usr/share/ghostscript</seg>
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190 | </seglistitem>
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191 | </segmentedlist>
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192 |
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193 | <variablelist>
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194 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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195 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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196 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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197 |
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198 | <varlistentry id="afplgs-prog-gs">
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199 | <term><command>gs</command></term>
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200 | <listitem>
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201 | <para>invokes <application>Ghostscript</application>, an interpreter
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202 | of Adobe Systems' PostScript(tm) and Portable Document Format
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203 | (PDF) languages.</para>
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204 | <indexterm zone="gs afplgs-prog-gs">
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205 | <primary sortas="b-gs">gs</primary>
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206 | </indexterm>
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207 | </listitem>
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208 | </varlistentry>
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209 |
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210 | </variablelist>
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211 |
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212 | <para><application>AFPL Ghostscript</application> provides many different
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213 | scripts used to render PostScript/PDF files back and forth. Please refer
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214 | to the HTML documentation or try <command>man gs</command> for information
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215 | about the capabilities provided by the package.</para>
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216 |
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217 | </sect2>
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218 |
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219 | </sect1>
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