%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ GSview-&gsview-version; Introduction to <application>GSview</application> 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: Required Patch: <application>GSview</application> dependencies Required and or (with libgs.so installed) Installation of <application>GSview</application> 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 Install GSview by running the following commands: sed 's|GSVIEW_ROOT=/usr/local|GSVIEW_ROOT=/usr|' \ srcunx/unx.mak > Makefile && patch -Np1 -i ../gsview-&gsview-version;-pstotext-1.patch && patch -Np1 -i ../gsview-&gsview-version;-lang-1.patch && make && make install Command explanations sed 's|GSVIEW_ROOT=/usr/local|GSVIEW_ROOT=/usr|': This command changes the default installation directory to /usr. Configuring <application>GSview</application> Config files /etc/gsview/* Contents The GSview package contains epstool, gsview and gsview-help. Description epstool epstool is a tool for extracting preview bitmaps in EPS files. gsview gsview is a viewer for PostScript (PS) and PDF files. gsview-help gsview-help is a script for displaying help files in your chosen browser.