glfs/pst/printing/gs.xml
Tim Tassonis 730eeb29c4 Update to ghostscript-9.23.
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
<!-- When updating, ensure gs9xx is updated in url -->
<!ENTITY gs-download-http
"https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl-downloads/releases/download/gs923/ghostscript-&gs-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY gs-download-ftp " ">
<!ENTITY gs-md5sum "5a47ab47cd22dec1eb5f51c06f1c9d9c">
<!ENTITY gs-size "42 MB">
<!ENTITY gs-buildsize "160 MB (with fonts and libgs.so)">
<!ENTITY gs-time "1.5 SBU (with libgs.so)">
<!ENTITY gs-standard-fonts-download
"&sourceforge-dl;/gs-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
"&sourceforge-dl;/gs-fonts/gnu-gs-fonts-other-6.0.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY gs-other-fonts-md5sum "33457d3f37de7ef03d2eea05a9e6aa4f">
<!ENTITY gs-other-fonts-size "796 KB">
]>
<sect1 id="gs" xreflabel="ghostscript-&gs-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="gs.html"?>
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<title>ghostscript-&gs-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="gs">
<primary sortas="a-GPL-Ghostscript">GPL 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. It is a mandatory part of the cups printing stack.</para>
&lfs82_checked;
<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">
<listitem>
<para>
Required Patch: <ulink
url="&patch-root;/ghostscript-&gs-version;-security_fixes-1.patch"/>
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
-->
<para>If you wish, you can download additional fonts.</para>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<title>Standard Fonts</title>
<listitem>
<para>Download (HTTP): <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">Ghostscript Dependencies</bridgehead>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
<para role="recommended">
<xref linkend="cups"/> (required for building the <quote>cups</quote>
device backend, which is needed by
<application>cups-filters</application>),
<xref linkend="fontconfig"/> (required, if you are installing any
suggested font),
<xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
<xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
<xref linkend="libpng"/>,
<xref linkend="libtiff"/>, and
<xref linkend="lcms2"/>
</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
<para role="optional">
<xref linkend="cairo"/>,
<xref linkend="gtk3"/>,
<xref linkend="libidn"/>,
<xref linkend="libpaper"/>,
<xref linkend="lcms"/> (not used by default, nor if lcms2 is present or found), and
<xref linkend="x-window-system"/>
</para>
<para condition="html" role="usernotes">
User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gs"/>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Ghostscript</title>
<note>
<para>
The <application>Ghostscript</application> build system is not
user-friendly. In order to use system copies of various graphics
libraries, you must do it using unconventional methods.
</para>
</note>
<para>
<application>GPL Ghostscript</application> includes (old) copies of
several libraries. Some of these seem to have been patched to fix known
vulnerabilities, but others of these copies are less-well maintained.
To ensure that any future fixes are applied throughout the whole system,
it is recommended that you first install the released versions of these
libraries and then configure <application>GPL Ghostscript</application>
to link to them.
</para>
<para>
If you have installed the recommended dependencies on your system,
remove the copies of
<application>freetype</application>, <application>lcms2</application>,
<application>libjpeg</application>, and <application>libpng</application>:
</para>
<screen><userinput>rm -rf freetype lcms2 jpeg libpng</userinput></screen>
<para>Compile <application>Ghostscript</application>:</para>
<screen><userinput>rm -rf zlib &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--disable-compile-inits \
--enable-dynamic \
--with-system-libtiff &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>
<note>
<para>
The shared library depends on <xref linkend="gtk3"/>. It is only used by
external programs like <xref linkend="asymptote"/>, <xref
linkend="imagemagick"/>, and <xref linkend="texlive"/>.
</para>
</note>
<para>
To compile the shared library
<filename class="libraryfile">libgs.so</filename>, run the following
additional command as an unprivileged user:
</para>
<screen><userinput>make so</userinput></screen>
<para>
This package does not come with a test suite. A set of example files
may be used for testing, but it is only possible after installation
of the package.
</para>
<para>
Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
</para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
<para>If you want the shared library too:</para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>make soinstall &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644 base/*.h /usr/include/ghostscript &amp;&amp;
ln -v -s ghostscript /usr/include/ps</userinput></screen>
<para>Now make the documentation accessible from the normal place:</para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>ln -sfvn ../ghostscript/&gs-version;/doc /usr/share/doc/ghostscript-&gs-version;</userinput></screen>
<para>
If you have downloaded any fonts, unpack them to
<filename class="directory">/usr/share/ghostscript</filename> and ensure
the ownerships of the files are
<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:
<systemitem class="groupname">root</systemitem>. Substitute
<replaceable>&lt;font-tarball&gt;</replaceable> appropriately in the
command below for the fonts you wish to install:
</para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>tar -xvf ../<replaceable>&lt;font-tarball&gt;</replaceable> -C /usr/share/ghostscript --no-same-owner &amp;&amp;
fc-cache -v /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/</userinput></screen>
<para>
You can now test the rendering of various postscript and pdf files from the
<filename class="directory">/usr/share/ghostscript/&gs-version;/examples
</filename>, for example (you need an X window system display):
</para>
<screen><userinput>gs -q -dBATCH /usr/share/ghostscript/&gs-version;/examples/tiger.eps</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="commands">
<title>Command Explanations</title>
<para>
<command>rm -rf zlib </command>: <application>zlib</application>
was installed as part of LFS.
</para>
<para>
<parameter>--disable-compile-inits</parameter>: This option makes
<command>gs</command> and <filename>libgs.so</filename> slightly smaller.
</para>
<para>
<parameter>--with-system-libtiff</parameter>: Remove this option if
you've not installed <xref linkend="libtiff"/>.
</para>
<para>
<command>install -v -m644 base/*.h... </command>: Some packages
(<application>ImageMagick</application> is one) need the
<application>Ghostscript</application> interface headers in place to link
to the shared library. These commands install the headers.
</para>
<para>
<command>ln -v -s ghostscript /usr/include/ps</command>: Some packages
expect to find the interface headers in an alternate location.
</para>
<para>
<command>ln -sfv ../ghostscript-&gs-version;/doc ... </command>: This puts
a symbolic link to the documentation where it is expected to be found.
</para>
<para>
<option>--disable-cups</option>: this option will save a tiny amount of
space by not linking <command>gs</command> and <filename>libgs.so</filename>
to the <xref linkend="cups"/> libraries if you have installed those.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="content">
<title>Contents</title>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>
dvipdf, eps2eps, font2c, gs, gsbj, gsc (from soinstall), gsdj,
gsdj500, gslj, gslp, gsnd, gsx (from soinstall), lprsetup.sh,
pdf2dsc, pdf2ps, pf2afm, pfbtopfa, pphs, printafm, ps2ascii,
ps2epsi, ps2pdf, ps2pdf12, ps2pdf13, ps2pdf14, ps2pdfwr,
ps2ps, ps2ps2, unix-lpr.sh, and wftopfa
<!-- I don't see bdftops,fixmswrd.pl or pv.sh on my builds [ I don't
have any bdf tools from xorg ] but they are still referenced in
base/unixinst.mak -->
</seg>
<seg>libgs.so and
/usr/lib/ghostscript/&gs-version;/X11.so</seg>
<seg>
/usr/include/ghostscript,
/usr/lib/ghostscript,
/usr/share/ghostscript, and
/usr/share/doc/ghostscript-&gs-version;
</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
<varlistentry id="gplgs-prog">
<term><command>gs</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
is an interpreter for Adobe Systems' PostScript(tm) and Portable
Document Format (PDF).
</para>
<indexterm zone="gs gplgs-prog">
<primary sortas="b-gs">gs</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="libgs.so">
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libgs.so</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>
provides <application>Ghostscript</application> functionality to
other programs, such as <application>GSView</application>,
<application>ImageMagick</application>, and
<application>libspectre</application>.
</para>
<indexterm zone="gs libgs.so">
<primary sortas="c-libgs.so">libgs.so</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>
<application>GPL Ghostscript</application> 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.
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>