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98 lines
3.6 KiB
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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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%general-entities;
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<!ENTITY gs-download-http "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ghostscript/ghostscript-&gs-version;.tar.bz2">
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<!ENTITY gs-download-ftp "ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/AFPL/gs814/ghostscript-&gs-version;.tar.bz2">
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<!ENTITY gs-size "5.5 MB">
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<!ENTITY gs-buildsize "37-49 MB (depends on if libgs.so is installed)">
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<!ENTITY gs-time "1.16-2.26 SBU">
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]>
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<sect1 id="gs" xreflabel="AFPL Ghostscript-&gs-version;">
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<sect1info>
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<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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<date>$Date$</date>
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</sect1info>
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<?dbhtml filename="gs.html"?>
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<title>AFPL Ghostscript-&gs-version;</title>
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<sect2>
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<title>Introduction to <application>Ghostscript</application></title>
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<para><application>Ghostscript</application> is a versatile processor for
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PostScript data with the ability to render PostScript to different targets.
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</para>
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<sect3><title>Package information</title>
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<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gs-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gs-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Download size: &gs-size;</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required: &gs-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Estimated build time: &gs-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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</sect3>
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<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
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<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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<listitem><para>Standard fonts: <ulink
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url="ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/fonts/ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11.tar.gz"/>
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Other fonts: <ulink
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url="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ghostscript/gnu-gs-fonts-other-6.0.tar.gz"/>
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</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist></sect3>
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<sect3><title><application>Ghostscript</application>
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dependencies</title>
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<sect4><title>Optional</title>
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<para><xref linkend="libjpeg"/>, <xref linkend="libpng"/>, <xref
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linkend="GTK"/> and X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>)</para></sect4>
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</sect3>
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<sect3><title>Conflicts</title>
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<para>This version of Ghostscript does not work with
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<application><acronym>CUPS</acronym></application> due to missing
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generic "cups" raster image driver. The necessary support cannot be patched in
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due to incompatible licenses. Use <xref linkend="espgs"/> instead if you have
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<application><acronym>CUPS</acronym></application>.</para>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Installation of <application>Ghostscript</application></title>
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<para>Install <application>Ghostscript</application> by running the following commands:</para>
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<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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make &&
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make install</command></userinput></screen>
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<para>To install the shared library <filename>libgs.so</filename>, run
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the following commands additionally:</para>
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<screen><userinput><command>make so &&
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make soinstall</command></userinput></screen>
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<note><para>The shared library depends on <xref linkend="GTK"/>. It is
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only used in external programs like <xref linkend="gsview"/>.</para></note>
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<para>To finish the installation, unpack all fonts you've downloaded to
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<filename class="directory">/usr/share/ghostscript</filename>.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Contents</title>
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<para><application>Ghostscript</application> comes with a lot of filters to
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render PostScript/<acronym>PDF</acronym> files back and forth. Please refer to
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the <acronym>HTML</acronym> documentation or try <command>man gs</command>.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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