diff --git a/pst/printing/gs.xml b/pst/printing/gs.xml
index 668f918c3f..2fa7c90c29 100644
--- a/pst/printing/gs.xml
+++ b/pst/printing/gs.xml
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
If you have JasPer installed on your system
and you would like to use it with GPL Ghostscript,
- then we must first remove the local copy and apply a patch:
+ first remove the local copy and apply a patch:
rm -rf jasper &&
patch -Np1 -i ../ghostscript-&gs-version;-system_jasper-1.patch
@@ -143,7 +143,9 @@ make
Now, as the root user:
-make install
+make install &&
+ln -sv /usr/share/ghostscript/&gs-version;/doc /usr/share/doc/ghostscript-&gs-version;
+
To install the shared library
libgs.so, run the
@@ -183,6 +185,9 @@ chown -v -R root:root /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts
Ghostscript interface headers in place to link
to the shared library. These commands install the headers.
+ ln -sv ... /usr/share/doc/ghostscript-8.64: This puts
+ the documentation where it is expected to be found.
+
ln -v -s ghostscript /usr/include/ps: Some
packages expect to find the interface headers in an alternate
location.
@@ -212,24 +217,36 @@ chown -v -R root:root /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts
-
+
gs
- invokes Ghostscript, an interpreter
- of Adobe Systems' PostScript(tm) and Portable Document Format
- (PDF) languages.
-
+ is an interpreter for Adobe Systems' PostScript(tm) and Portable Document Format
+ (PDF).
+
gs
+
+ libgs.so
+
+ provides Ghostscript functionality
+ to other programs, such as GSView,
+ ImageMagick, and
+ libspectre.
+
+ libgs.so
+
+
+
+
- GPL Ghostscript provides many different
- scripts used to render PostScript/PDF files back and forth. Please refer
- to the HTML documentation or try man gs for information
- about the capabilities provided by the package.
+ GPL Ghostscript provides many different
+ scripts used to convert PostScript, PDF, and other formats. Please refer to
+ the HTML documentation or the man pages for information about the
+ capabilities provided.