%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ GSview GSview is a viewer for PostScript and PDF using X. Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &gsview-md5sum; Download size: &gsview-size; Estimated disk space required: &gsview-buildsize; Estimated build time: &gsview-time; Additional Downloads Required Patch: GSview Dependencies Required , and or Note that you must build the shared libgs.so library during the Ghostscript installation else the gsview program will fail at run-time. User Notes: GSview uses netscape to browse through the online help. BLFS does not install Netscape, but has other browsers from which to choose. You can create a symlink from your preferred browser to /usr/bin/netscape, or simply edit srcunx/gvxreg.c using the following sed script with your browser's executable file name substituted for <browser>: sed -i 's:netscape:<browser>:' srcunx/gvxreg.c The GSview package has not been updated in quite a while and does not accomodate the recent versions of the ESP Ghostscript package. If you installed as your Ghostscript application, you must modify the maximum version of Ghostscript allowed. Make the modification using the following command: sed -i 's:999:99999:' src/gvcver.h Install GSview by running the following commands: patch -Np1 -i ../gsview-&gsview-version;-pstotext-1.patch && sed 's:/local::' srcunx/unx.mak > Makefile && make This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make install sed 's:/local::' srcunx/unx.mak > Makefile: This command changes the default installation directory to /usr during the creation of the Makefile. /etc/gsview/* /etc/gsview/* Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories gsview and gsview-help None /etc/gsview and /usr/share/doc/gsview-&gsview-version; Short Descriptions gsview is a viewer for PostScript (PS) and PDF files. gsview gsview-help is a script for displaying help files in your chosen browser. gsview-help