1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/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 "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ghostscript/ghostscript-&gs-version;.tar.bz2">
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8 | <!ENTITY gs-download-ftp "ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/AFPL/gs814/ghostscript-&gs-version;.tar.bz2">
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9 | <!ENTITY gs-md5sum "5f22dbe24b7fc8c8c07e249f8b14f9ce">
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10 | <!ENTITY gs-size "5.5 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY gs-buildsize "37-49 MB (depends if libgs.so is installed)">
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12 | <!ENTITY gs-time "1.16-2.26 SBU">
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13 |
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14 | <!ENTITY gs-standard-fonts-download "ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/fonts/ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11.tar.gz">
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15 | <!ENTITY gs-standard-fonts-md5sum "6865682b095f8c4500c54b285ff05ef6">
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16 | <!ENTITY gs-standard-fonts-size "3.7 MB">
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17 |
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18 | <!ENTITY gs-other-fonts-download "http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ghostscript/gnu-gs-fonts-other-6.0.tar.gz">
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19 | <!ENTITY gs-other-fonts-md5sum "33457d3f37de7ef03d2eea05a9e6aa4f">
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20 | <!ENTITY gs-other-fonts-size "796 KB">
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21 | ]>
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22 |
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23 | <sect1 id="gs" xreflabel="AFPL Ghostscript-&gs-version;">
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24 | <?dbhtml filename="gs.html"?>
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25 |
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26 | <sect1info>
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27 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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28 | <date>$Date$</date>
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29 | </sect1info>
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30 |
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31 | <title>AFPL Ghostscript-&gs-version;</title>
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32 |
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33 | <indexterm zone="gs">
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34 | <primary sortas="a-AFPL-Ghostscript">AFPL Ghostscript</primary>
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35 | </indexterm>
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36 |
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37 | <sect2 role="package">
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38 | <title>Introduction to Ghostscript</title>
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39 |
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40 | <para><application>Ghostscript</application> is a versatile processor
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41 | for PostScript data with the ability to render PostScript to different
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42 | targets.</para>
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43 |
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44 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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45 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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46 | <listitem>
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47 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gs-download-http;"/></para>
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48 | </listitem>
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49 | <listitem>
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50 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gs-download-ftp;"/></para>
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51 | </listitem>
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52 | <listitem>
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53 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &gs-md5sum;</para>
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54 | </listitem>
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55 | <listitem>
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56 | <para>Download size: &gs-size;</para>
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57 | </listitem>
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58 | <listitem>
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59 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &gs-buildsize;</para>
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60 | </listitem>
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61 | <listitem>
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62 | <para>Estimated build time: &gs-time;</para>
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63 | </listitem>
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64 | </itemizedlist>
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65 |
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66 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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67 |
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68 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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69 | <title>Standard Fonts</title>
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70 | <listitem>
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71 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gs-standard-fonts-download;"/></para>
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72 | </listitem>
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73 | <listitem>
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74 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &gs-standard-fonts-md5sum;</para>
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75 | </listitem>
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76 | <listitem>
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77 | <para>Download size: &gs-standard-fonts-size;</para>
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78 | </listitem>
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79 | </itemizedlist>
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80 |
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81 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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82 | <title>Other Fonts</title>
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83 | <listitem>
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84 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gs-other-fonts-download;"/></para>
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85 | </listitem>
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86 | <listitem>
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87 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &gs-other-fonts-md5sum;</para>
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88 | </listitem>
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89 | <listitem>
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90 | <para>Download size: &gs-other-fonts-size;</para>
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91 | </listitem>
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92 | </itemizedlist>
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93 |
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94 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Ghostscript Dependencies</bridgehead>
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95 |
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96 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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97 | <para><xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
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98 | <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
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99 | <xref linkend="GTK"/> and
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100 | X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>)</para>
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101 |
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102 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Conflicts</bridgehead>
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103 | <para>This version of Ghostscript does not work with
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104 | <application>CUPS</application> due to missing generic "cups" raster
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105 | image driver. The necessary support cannot be patched in due to
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106 | incompatible licenses. Use <xref linkend="espgs"/> instead if you have
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107 | <application>CUPS</application>.</para>
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108 |
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109 | </sect2>
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110 |
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111 | <sect2 role="installation">
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112 | <title>Installation of Ghostscript</title>
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113 |
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114 | <para>Install <application>Ghostscript</application> by running the
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115 | following commands:</para>
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116 |
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117 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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118 | make &&
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119 | make install</userinput></screen>
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120 |
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121 | <para>To install the shared library
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122 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libgs.so</filename>, run the
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123 | following additional commands:</para>
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124 |
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125 | <screen><userinput>make so &&
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126 | make soinstall</userinput></screen>
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127 |
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128 | <note>
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129 | <para>The shared library depends on <xref linkend="GTK"/>. It is
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130 | only used in external programs like <xref linkend="gsview"/>.</para>
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131 | </note>
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132 |
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133 | <para>To finish the installation, unpack all fonts you've downloaded to
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134 | <filename class="directory">/usr/share/ghostscript</filename>.</para>
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135 |
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136 | </sect2>
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137 |
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138 | <sect2 role="content">
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139 | <title>Contents</title>
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140 |
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141 | <para><application>Ghostscript</application> comes with a lot of
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142 | filters to render PostScript/PDF files back and forth. Please refer
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143 | to the HTML documentation or try <command>man gs</command>.</para>
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144 |
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145 | </sect2>
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146 |
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147 | </sect1>
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