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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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%general-entities;
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<!ENTITY a2ps-download-http "&gnu-http;/a2ps/a2ps-&a2ps-version;.tar.gz">
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<!ENTITY a2ps-download-ftp "&gnu-ftp;/a2ps/a2ps-&a2ps-version;.tar.gz">
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<!ENTITY a2ps-md5sum "781ac3d9b213fa3e1ed0d79f986dc8c7">
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<!ENTITY a2ps-size "2.6 MB">
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<!ENTITY a2ps-buildsize "22 MB">
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<!ENTITY a2ps-time "0.3 SBU">
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<!ENTITY i18n-fonts-version "0.1">
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]>
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<sect1 id="a2ps" xreflabel="a2ps-&a2ps-version;">
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<?dbhtml filename="a2ps.html"?>
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<title>a2ps-&a2ps-version;</title>
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<indexterm zone="a2ps">
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<primary sortas="a-a2ps">a2ps</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<sect2 role="package">
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<title>Introduction to a2ps</title>
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<para>
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<application>a2ps</application> is a filter utilized mainly
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in the background and primarily by printing scripts to convert almost
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every input format into PostScript output. The application's name
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expands appropriately to <quote>all to PostScript</quote>.
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</para>
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&lfs91_checked;
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<caution>
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<para>
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<application>a2ps</application> cannot convert UTF-8 encoded
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text to PostScript. The issue is discussed in detail in the
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<xref linkend="locale-not-valid-option"/> section of the
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<xref linkend="locale-issues"/> page.
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The solution is to use <xref linkend="paps"/> instead of
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<application>a2ps</application> for converting
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UTF-8 encoded text to PostScript.
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</para>
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</caution>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&a2ps-download-http;"/>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Download (FTP): <ulink url="&a2ps-download-ftp;"/>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Download MD5 sum: &a2ps-md5sum;
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Download size: &a2ps-size;
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Estimated disk space required: &a2ps-buildsize;
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Estimated build time: &a2ps-time;
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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International fonts: <ulink url=
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"&sources-anduin-http;/i18n-fonts/i18n-fonts-&i18n-fonts-version;.tar.bz2"/>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">a2ps Dependencies</bridgehead>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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<para role="recommended">
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<xref linkend="psutils"/>, and
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<xref linkend="cups"/>
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(otherwise, <application>a2ps</application> will use the
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<command>cat >/dev/lp0</command> command instead of <command>lpr</command>
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for sending its output to the printer)
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</para>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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<para role="optional">
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<xref linkend="gs"/>,
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<xref linkend="libpaper"/>,
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<xref linkend="texlive"/> (or <xref linkend="tl-installer"/>)
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<xref linkend="x-window-system"/>,
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<ulink url="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html">Adobe Reader</ulink>, and
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<ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/ghostview/ghostview.html">Ghostview</ulink>
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</para>
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<para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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<ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/A2PS"/></para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="installation">
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<title>Installation of a2ps</title>
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<para>
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Install <application>a2ps</application> by running the following
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commands:
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</para>
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<screen><userinput>autoconf &&
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sed -i -e "s/GPERF --version |/& head -n 1 |/" \
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-e "s|/usr/local/share|/usr/share|" configure &&
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./configure --prefix=/usr \
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--sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps \
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--enable-shared \
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--with-medium=letter &&
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make &&
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touch doc/*.info</userinput></screen>
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<para>
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To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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The <filename>printers.tst</filename> test will fail, as there is no
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default test printer. The <filename>styles.tst</filename> may also
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fail, as the tests report some inconsistencies between the generated
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postscript and the reference sets. This is caused by version number
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differences between the postscript test files and those generated by
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the tests — these do not affect the operation of the program
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and can be ignored.
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</para>
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<para>
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Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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<para>
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If desired, install the downloaded i18n-fonts by running the following
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commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>tar -xf ../i18n-fonts-&i18n-fonts-version;.tar.bz2 &&
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cp -v i18n-fonts-&i18n-fonts-version;/fonts/* /usr/share/a2ps/fonts &&
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cp -v i18n-fonts-&i18n-fonts-version;/afm/* /usr/share/a2ps/afm &&
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pushd /usr/share/a2ps/afm &&
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./make_fonts_map.sh &&
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mv fonts.map.new fonts.map &&
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popd</userinput></screen>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="commands">
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<title>Command Explanations</title>
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<para>
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<command>autoconf</command>: This command is used to recreate the
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<command>configure</command> script. This is required because there is
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an issue in the mktime test which causes the
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<command>configure</command> script to hang for 60 seconds and then
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report that there is no working mktime function.
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</para>
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<para>
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<command>sed -i "s/GPERF --version |/& head -n 1 |/" configure</command>:
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This fixes a bug in the handling of the version output of
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<command>gperf</command>.
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</para>
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<para>
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<command>sed -i "s|/usr/local/share|/usr/share|" configure</command>:
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This command modifies the <command>configure</command> script to search
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for <application>Ghostscript</application> fonts at the location where
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they were installed by the BLFS instructions.
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</para>
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<para>
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<parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps</parameter>: Configuration data is
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installed in <filename class="directory">/etc/a2ps</filename> instead of
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<filename class="directory">/usr/etc</filename>.
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</para>
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<para>
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<parameter>--enable-shared</parameter>: This switch enables building
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the dynamic <filename class='libraryfile'>liba2ps</filename> library.
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</para>
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<para>
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<parameter>--with-medium=letter</parameter>: This switch changes the
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default paper format to US letter. It can either be given here or set
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in <filename>/etc/a2ps/a2ps-site.cfg</filename> after installation. The
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default is A4, but there are several other options, in particular: A4dj
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or letterdj are good settings for HP Deskjet and other printers that need
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wider paper-handling margins. See <filename>/etc/a2ps/a2ps.cfg</filename>
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after installation.
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</para>
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<para>
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<command>touch doc/*.info</command>: This command avoids trying to
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regenerate the info files. This is an older package and the current
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<filename class="extension">.texi</filename> files will produce errors
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preventing <command>make install</command> from working properly.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="configuration">
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<title>Configuring a2ps</title>
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<sect3 id="a2ps-config">
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<title>Config Files</title>
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<para>
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<filename>/etc/a2ps/a2ps.cfg</filename> and
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<filename>/etc/a2ps/a2ps-site.cfg</filename>
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</para>
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<indexterm zone="a2ps a2ps-config">
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<primary sortas="e-etc-a2ps-a2ps.cfg">/etc/a2ps/a2ps.cfg</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<indexterm zone="a2ps a2ps-config">
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<primary sortas="e-etc-a2ps-a2ps-site.cfg">/etc/a2ps/a2ps-site.cfg</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>Configuration Information</title>
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<para>
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Information about configuring <application>a2ps</application>
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can be found in the comments contained in the above files, and also
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by running <command>info a2ps</command>.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="content">
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<title>Contents</title>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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<seglistitem>
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<seg>a2ps, card, composeglyphs, fixnt, fixps, ogonkify,
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pdiff, psmandup, psset, and texi2dvi4a2ps</seg>
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<seg>liba2ps.{so,a} and filter data</seg>
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<seg>/etc/a2ps and /usr/share/a2ps</seg>
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</seglistitem>
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</segmentedlist>
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<variablelist>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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<varlistentry id="a2ps-prog">
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<term><command>a2ps</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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is a filter, utilized primarily by printing scripts,
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that converts standard input or supported files to PostScript.
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</para>
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<indexterm zone="a2ps a2ps-prog">
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<primary sortas="b-a2ps">a2ps</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="card">
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<term><command>card</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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prints a reference card of a given program's options.
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</para>
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<indexterm zone="a2ps card">
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<primary sortas="b-card">card</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="composeglyphs">
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<term><command>composeglyphs</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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creates a composite font program.
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</para>
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<indexterm zone="a2ps composeglyphs">
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<primary sortas="b-composeglyphs">composeglyphs</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="fixnt">
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<term><command>fixnt</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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is supposed to fix the problems in the PostScript files
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generated by the Microsoft PostScript driver under Windows NT
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(3.5 and 4.0).
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</para>
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<indexterm zone="a2ps fixnt">
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<primary sortas="b-fixnt">fixnt</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="fixps">
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<term><command>fixps</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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tries to fix common PostScript problems that break
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postprocessing.
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</para>
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<indexterm zone="a2ps fixps">
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<primary sortas="b-fixps">fixps</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="ogonkify">
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<term><command>ogonkify</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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provides international support for Postscript by performing various
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munging of PostScript files related to printing in different
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languages.
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</para>
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<indexterm zone="a2ps ogonkify">
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<primary sortas="b-ogonkify">ogonkify</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="pdiff">
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<term><command>pdiff</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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produces a pretty comparison between files.
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</para>
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<indexterm zone="a2ps pdiff">
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<primary sortas="b-pdiff">pdiff</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="psmandup">
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<term><command>psmandup</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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tries to produce a version of a given PostScript file to
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print in manual duplex.
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</para>
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<indexterm zone="a2ps psmandup">
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<primary sortas="b-psmandup">psmandup</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="psset">
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<term><command>psset</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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produces a version of a given PostScript file with a
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protected call to the PostScript operator 'setpagedevice'.
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Typical use is making a file print duplex, or on the manual
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tray, etc.
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</para>
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<indexterm zone="a2ps psset">
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<primary sortas="b-psset">psset</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="texi2dvi4a2ps">
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<term><command>texi2dvi4a2ps</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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compiles Texinfo and LaTeX files to DVI or PDF.
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</para>
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<indexterm zone="a2ps texi2dvi4a2ps">
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<primary sortas="b-texi2dvi4a2ps">texi2dvi4a2ps</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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