glfs/pst/printing/gs.xml

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY gs-download-http "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ghostscript/ghostscript-&gs-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY gs-download-ftp  "ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/AFPL/gs814/ghostscript-&gs-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY gs-md5sum        "5f22dbe24b7fc8c8c07e249f8b14f9ce">
  <!ENTITY gs-size          "5.5 MB">
  <!ENTITY gs-buildsize     "37-49 MB (depends if libgs.so is installed)">
  <!ENTITY gs-time          "1.16-2.26 SBU">

  <!ENTITY gs-standard-fonts-download "ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/fonts/ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY gs-standard-fonts-md5sum   "6865682b095f8c4500c54b285ff05ef6">
  <!ENTITY gs-standard-fonts-size     "3.7 MB">

  <!ENTITY gs-other-fonts-download "http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ghostscript/gnu-gs-fonts-other-6.0.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY gs-other-fonts-md5sum   "33457d3f37de7ef03d2eea05a9e6aa4f">
  <!ENTITY gs-other-fonts-size     "796 KB">
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<sect1 id="gs" xreflabel="AFPL Ghostscript-&gs-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="gs.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>AFPL Ghostscript-&gs-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="gs">
    <primary sortas="a-AFPL-Ghostscript">AFPL Ghostscript</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Ghostscript</title>

    <para><application>Ghostscript</application> is a versatile processor
    for PostScript data with the ability to render PostScript to different
    targets.</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gs-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gs-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &gs-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &gs-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &gs-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &gs-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>

    <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
      <title>Standard Fonts</title>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gs-standard-fonts-download;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &gs-standard-fonts-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &gs-standard-fonts-size;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
      <title>Other Fonts</title>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gs-other-fonts-download;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &gs-other-fonts-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &gs-other-fonts-size;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">TEMPLATE Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para><xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
    <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
    <xref linkend="GTK"/> and
    X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>)</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Conflicts</bridgehead>
    <para>This version of Ghostscript does not work with
    <application>CUPS</application> due to missing generic "cups" raster
    image driver. The necessary support cannot be patched in due to
    incompatible licenses. Use <xref linkend="espgs"/> instead if you have
    <application>CUPS</application>.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Ghostscript</title>

    <para>Install <application>Ghostscript</application> by running the
    following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</userinput></screen>

    <para>To install the shared library
    <filename class='libraryfile'>libgs.so</filename>, run the
    following additional commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>make so &amp;&amp;
make soinstall</userinput></screen>

    <note>
      <para>The shared library depends on <xref linkend="GTK"/>. It is
      only used in external programs like <xref linkend="gsview"/>.</para>
    </note>

    <para>To finish the installation, unpack all fonts you've downloaded to
    <filename class="directory">/usr/share/ghostscript</filename>.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <para><application>Ghostscript</application> comes with a lot of
    filters to render PostScript/PDF files back and forth. Please refer
    to the HTML documentation or try <command>man gs</command>.</para>

  </sect2>

</sect1>