glfs/pst/printing/gs/espgs-inst.xml

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<title>Installation of <application>Ghostscript</application></title>

<para>If you want to use <acronym>OMNI</acronym> drivers extract the source archive in
Ghostscript directory:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>tar xzvf ../Omni-0.9.0.tar.gz</command></userinput></screen>

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

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/lib/gs \
    --sysconfdir=/etc/gs --enable-shared --enable-static &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

<para>To install the shared library <filename>libgs.so</filename>, run
the following commands additionally:</para>

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

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

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

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