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