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