Introduction to Ghostscript
Ghostscript is a versatile processor for PostScript data with the ability to render PostScript to different targets.
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Download (HTTP): http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ghostscript/ghostscript-8.14.tar.bz2
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Download (FTP): ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/AFPL/gs814/ghostscript-8.14.tar.bz2
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Download MD5 sum: 5f22dbe24b7fc8c8c07e249f8b14f9ce
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Download size: 5.5 MB
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Estimated disk space required: 37-49 MB (depends if libgs.so is installed)
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Estimated build time: 1.16-2.26 SBU
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Download (FTP): ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/fonts/ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11.tar.gz
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Download MD5 sum: 6865682b095f8c4500c54b285ff05ef6
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Download size: 3.7 MB
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Download (HTTP): http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ghostscript/gnu-gs-fonts-other-6.0.tar.gz
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Download MD5 sum: 33457d3f37de7ef03d2eea05a9e6aa4f
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Download size: 796 KB
libjpeg-6b, libpng-1.2.8, GTK+-1.2.10 and X (XFree86-4.4.0 or X.org-6.8.2)
This version of Ghostscript does not work with CUPS due to missing generic "cups" raster image driver. The necessary support cannot be patched in due to incompatible licenses. Use ESP Ghostscript-7.07.1 instead if you have CUPS.
Installation of Ghostscript
Install Ghostscript by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make &&
make install
To install the shared library libgs.so, run the following additional commands:
make so &&
make soinstall
![[Note]](../images/note.png)
Note
The shared library depends on GTK+-1.2.10. It is only used in external programs like GSview-4.6.
To finish the installation, unpack all fonts you've downloaded to /usr/share/ghostscript.
Contents
Ghostscript comes with a lot of filters to render PostScript/PDF files back and forth. Please refer to the HTML documentation or try man gs.
Last updated on 2005-02-15 08:01:36 -0700