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 | <!-- FIXME use .bz2 or .xz when updating, if they are available -->
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9 | <!ENTITY gs-download-http "http://ghostscript.com/releases/ghostscript-&gs-version;.tar.bz2">
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10 | <!-- no response 2010-12-18
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11 | <!ENTITY gs-download-ftp "ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/GPL/gs900/ghostscript-&gs-version;.tar.gz"> -->
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12 | <!ENTITY gs-download-ftp " ">
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13 | <!ENTITY gs-md5sum "9f6899e821ab6d78ab2c856f10fa3023">
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14 | <!ENTITY gs-size "28.5 MB">
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15 | <!ENTITY gs-buildsize "297 MB (includes installing libgs.so and both font tarballs)">
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16 | <!ENTITY gs-time "2.5 SBU (includes building and installing libgs.so)">
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17 |
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18 | <!-- <!ENTITY gs-standard-fonts-download "ftp://ftp.imagemagick.org/pub/ImageMagick/delegates/ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11.tar.gz"> -->
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19 | <!ENTITY gs-standard-fonts-download "&sourceforge-repo;/gs-fonts/ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11.tar.gz">
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20 | <!ENTITY gs-standard-fonts-md5sum "6865682b095f8c4500c54b285ff05ef6">
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21 | <!ENTITY gs-standard-fonts-size "3.7 MB">
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22 |
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23 | <!ENTITY gs-other-fonts-download "&sourceforge-repo;/gs-fonts/gnu-gs-fonts-other-6.0.tar.gz">
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24 | <!ENTITY gs-other-fonts-md5sum "33457d3f37de7ef03d2eea05a9e6aa4f">
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25 | <!ENTITY gs-other-fonts-size "796 KB">
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26 | ]>
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27 |
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28 | <sect1 id="gs" xreflabel="GPL Ghostscript-&gs-version;">
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29 | <?dbhtml filename="gs.html"?>
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30 |
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31 | <sect1info>
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32 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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33 | <date>$Date$</date>
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34 | </sect1info>
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35 |
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36 | <title>GPL Ghostscript-&gs-version;</title>
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37 |
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38 | <indexterm zone="gs">
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39 | <primary sortas="a-GPL-Ghostscript">GPL Ghostscript</primary>
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40 | </indexterm>
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41 |
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42 | <sect2 role="package">
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43 | <title>Introduction to Ghostscript</title>
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44 |
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45 | <para><application>Ghostscript</application> is a versatile processor
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46 | for PostScript data with the ability to render PostScript to different
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47 | targets.</para>
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48 |
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49 | &lfs70_checked;
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50 |
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51 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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52 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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53 | <listitem>
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54 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gs-download-http;"/></para>
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55 | </listitem>
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56 | <listitem>
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57 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gs-download-ftp;"/></para>
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58 | </listitem>
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59 | <listitem>
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60 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &gs-md5sum;</para>
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61 | </listitem>
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62 | <listitem>
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63 | <para>Download size: &gs-size;</para>
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64 | </listitem>
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65 | <listitem>
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66 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &gs-buildsize;</para>
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67 | </listitem>
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68 | <listitem>
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69 | <para>Estimated build time: &gs-time;</para>
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70 | </listitem>
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71 | </itemizedlist>
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72 |
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73 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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74 |
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75 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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76 | <title>Standard Fonts</title>
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77 | <listitem>
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78 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gs-standard-fonts-download;"/></para>
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79 | </listitem>
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80 | <listitem>
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81 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &gs-standard-fonts-md5sum;</para>
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82 | </listitem>
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83 | <listitem>
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84 | <para>Download size: &gs-standard-fonts-size;</para>
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85 | </listitem>
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86 | </itemizedlist>
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87 |
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88 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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89 | <title>Other Fonts</title>
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90 | <listitem>
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91 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gs-other-fonts-download;"/></para>
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92 | </listitem>
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93 | <listitem>
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94 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &gs-other-fonts-md5sum;</para>
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95 | </listitem>
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96 | <listitem>
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97 | <para>Download size: &gs-other-fonts-size;</para>
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98 | </listitem>
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99 | </itemizedlist>
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100 |
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101 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Ghostscript Dependencies</bridgehead>
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102 |
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103 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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104 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="expat"/>,
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105 | <xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
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106 | <xref linkend="jasper"/>
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107 | <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
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108 | <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
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109 | <xref linkend="libtiff"/>, and
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110 | <xref linkend="lcms"/></para>
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111 |
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112 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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113 | <para role="optional">
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114 | <xref linkend="cairo"/>,
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115 | <xref linkend="fontconfig"/>,
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116 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
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117 | <xref linkend="cups"/>,
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118 | <xref linkend="libidn"/>,
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119 | <xref linkend="x-window-system"/>, and
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120 | <!-- the link for ijs source ultimately takes users back to the ghostscript site
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121 | <ulink url="http://www.linuxprinting.org/ijs/">IJS</ulink>, and -->
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122 | <ulink url="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/source/libpaper">libpaper</ulink>.</para>
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123 |
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124 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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125 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gs"/></para>
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126 |
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127 | </sect2>
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128 |
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129 | <sect2 role="installation">
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130 | <title>Installation of Ghostscript</title>
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131 |
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132 | <para>Install <application>GPL Ghostscript</application> by running the
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133 | following commands:</para>
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134 |
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135 | <note>
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136 | <para>The <application>Ghostscript</application> build system is not
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137 | user-friendly. In order to use system copies of various graphics
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138 | libraries, you must do it using unconventional methods.</para>
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139 | </note>
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140 |
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141 | <para><application>GPL Ghostscript</application> includes (old) copies of
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142 | several libraries. Some of these seem to have been patched to fix known
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143 | vulnerabilities, but others of these copies are less-well maintained.
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144 | To ensure that any future fixes are applied throughout the whole system,
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145 | it is recommended that you install the released versions of these
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146 | libraries and then configure <application>GPL Ghostscript</application>
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147 | to link to them.</para>
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148 |
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149 | <para>If you have installed these dependencies on your system, remove the
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150 | copies of <application>expat</application>,
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151 | <application>freetype</application>, <application>JasPer</application>,
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152 | <application>lcms</application>, <application>libjpeg</application>,
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153 | <application>libpng</application>, <application>libtiff</application>
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154 | and <application>zlib</application>:
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155 | </para>
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156 |
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157 | <screen><userinput>rm -rf expat freetype jasper lcms jpeg libpng tiff zlib</userinput></screen>
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158 |
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159 | <para>Run the configure command:</para>
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160 |
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161 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-dynamic --with-system-libtiff</userinput></screen>
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162 |
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163 | <para>To ensure the build is able to use the system versions of
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164 | <application>expat</application>, <application>freetype</application>, and
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165 | <application>zlib</application> it is necessary to make some changes and an
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166 | addition to the <literal>Makefile</literal> before building the package:</para>
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167 |
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168 | <screen><userinput>sed -i '/^EXTRALIBS/s# -ldl# -lfreetype -lz#
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169 | /=imdi/aSHARE_EXPAT=1' Makefile &&
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170 | make</userinput></screen>
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171 |
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172 | <warning>
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173 | <para>If you have a multiprocessor computer and try to run make with
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174 | multiple jobs (eg, -j4) then the build may fail due to race conditions in
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175 | the <application>Ghostscript</application> build system.</para>
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176 | </warning>
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177 |
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178 | <note>
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179 | <para>The shared library depends on <xref linkend="gtk2"/>. It is
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180 | only used in external programs like <xref linkend="imagemagick"/>.</para>
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181 | </note>
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182 |
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183 | <para>To compile the shared library
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184 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libgs.so</filename>, run the
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185 | following additional command as an unprivileged user:</para>
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186 |
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187 | <screen><userinput>make so</userinput></screen>
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188 |
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189 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite. However, you may test
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190 | the operation of the newly built <command>gs</command> program by
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191 | issuing the following command (issue from an X Windows terminal):</para>
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192 |
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193 | <screen><userinput>bin/gs -Ilib -dBATCH examples/tiger.eps</userinput></screen>
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194 |
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195 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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196 | user:</para>
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197 |
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198 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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199 |
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200 | <para>If you want the shared library too:</para>
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201 |
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202 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make soinstall &&
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203 | install -v -m644 base/*.h /usr/include/ghostscript &&
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204 | ln -v -s ghostscript /usr/include/ps</userinput></screen>
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205 |
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206 | <para>Now install the documentation:</para>
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207 |
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208 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cp -rf doc /usr/share/ghostscript/&gs-version; &&
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209 | ln -sv ../ghostscript/&gs-version;/doc /usr/share/doc/ghostscript-&gs-version;</userinput></screen>
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210 |
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211 | <para>To finish the installation, unpack all fonts you've downloaded to
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212 | <filename class="directory">/usr/share/ghostscript</filename> and ensure
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213 | the ownerships of the files are
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214 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:
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215 | <systemitem class="groupname">root</systemitem>. Substitute
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216 | <replaceable><font-tarball></replaceable> appropriately in
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217 | the command below for the fonts you wish to install:</para>
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218 |
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219 | <screen role="root"><userinput>tar -xvf ../<replaceable><font-tarball></replaceable> -C /usr/share/ghostscript --no-same-owner</userinput></screen>
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220 |
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221 | </sect2>
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222 |
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223 | <sect2 role="commands">
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224 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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225 |
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226 | <!-- works fine on 32 bit systems for me - Andrew Benton
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227 | <para><command>with-drivers=ALL,x11</command>: This parameter adds the
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228 | <literal>x11</literal> output device to the default (<literal>ALL</literal>)
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229 | selection so that the test to render the tiger will work on 32-bit systems
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230 | (this does no harm on the <literal>x86_64</literal> architecture, although
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231 | it is not required there).</para> -->
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232 |
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233 | <!-- The build fails for me with this option with ghostscript-9.04 and
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234 | zlib-1.2.5 - Andrew Benton
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235 | <para><command>disable-compile-inits</command>: This parameter is intended
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236 | to avoid compiling initialization files into the executables. It is used
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237 | here to simplify building against the system version of
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238 | <application>zlib</application>.</para> -->
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239 |
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240 | <para><option>--without-jasper</option>: If you know you do not wish to
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241 | print any <literal>JPEG2000</literal> files, this switch (and removing the
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242 | <filename class="directory">jasper</filename> folder in the source) will
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243 | disable JPEG2000 support in <application>Ghostscript</application>.</para>
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244 |
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245 | <para><option>--without-jbig2dec</option>: The <literal>JBIG2</literal>
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246 | decompression code (used for some faxes) can be disabled by using this
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247 | switch and removing the <filename class="directory">jbig2dec/</filename>
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248 | source.</para>
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249 |
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250 | <para><command>install -v -m644 base/*.h...</command>: Some packages
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251 | (<application>ImageMagick</application> is one) need the
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252 | <application>Ghostscript</application> interface headers in place to link
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253 | to the shared library. These commands install the headers.</para>
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254 |
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255 | <para><command>ln -sv ../ghostscript-&gs-version;/doc ...</command>:
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256 | This puts a symbolic link to the documentation where it is expected to be
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257 | found.</para>
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258 |
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259 | <para><command>ln -v -s ghostscript /usr/include/ps</command>: Some packages
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260 | expect to find the interface headers in an alternate location.</para>
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261 |
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262 | </sect2>
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263 |
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264 | <sect2 role="content">
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265 | <title>Contents</title>
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266 | <segmentedlist>
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267 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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268 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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269 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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270 |
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271 | <seglistitem>
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272 | <seg>bdftops, dumphint, dvipdf, eps2eps, fixmswrd.pl, font2c, gs, gsbj,
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273 | gsc (from soinstall), gsdj, gsdj500, gslj, gslp, gsnd, gsx
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274 | (from soinstall), lprsetup.sh, pdf2dsc, pdf2ps, pdfopt,
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275 | pf2afm, pfbtopfa, printafm, ps2ascii, ps2epsi, ps2pdf, ps2pdf12,
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276 | ps2pdf13, ps2pdf14, ps2pdfwr, ps2ps, ps2ps2, pv.sh, unix-lpr.sh, and
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277 | wftopfa</seg>
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278 | <seg>libgs.so </seg>
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279 | <seg>/usr/include/ghostscript, /usr/lib/ghostscript,
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280 | /usr/share/ghostscript,
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281 | and /usr/share/doc/ghostscript-&gs-version;</seg>
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282 | </seglistitem>
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283 | </segmentedlist>
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284 |
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285 | <variablelist>
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286 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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287 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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288 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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289 |
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290 | <varlistentry id="gplgs-prog">
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291 | <term><command>gs</command></term>
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292 | <listitem>
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293 | <para>is an interpreter for Adobe Systems' PostScript(tm) and Portable
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294 | Document Format (PDF).</para>
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295 | <indexterm zone="gs gplgs-prog">
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296 | <primary sortas="b-gs">gs</primary>
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297 | </indexterm>
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298 | </listitem>
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299 | </varlistentry>
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300 |
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301 | <varlistentry id="libgs.so">
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302 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgs.so</filename></term>
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303 | <listitem>
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304 | <para>provides <application>Ghostscript</application> functionality
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305 | to other programs, such as <application>GSView</application>,
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306 | <application>ImageMagick</application>, and
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307 | <application>libspectre</application>.</para>
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308 | <indexterm zone="gs libgs.so">
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309 | <primary sortas="c-libgs.so">libgs.so</primary>
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310 | </indexterm>
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311 | </listitem>
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312 | </varlistentry>
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313 |
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314 | </variablelist>
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315 |
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316 | <para><application>GPL Ghostscript</application> provides many different
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317 | scripts used to convert PostScript, PDF, and other formats. Please refer to
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318 | the HTML documentation or the man pages for information about the
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319 | capabilities provided.</para>
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320 |
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321 | </sect2>
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322 |
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323 | </sect1>
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