Download location (HTTP): http://telia.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ghostscript/ghostscript-8.00.tar.bz2 Download location (FTP): ftp://ftp.sourceforge.net/pub/sourceforge/ghostscript/ghostscript-8.00.tar.bz2 Version used: 8.00 Package size: 5.2 MB Estimated Disk space required: 31-40 MB (depends on if libgs.so is installed) Estimated build time: |
Additional Downloads: gnu ghostscript fonts - standard gnu ghostscript fonts - other cyrillic fonts |
Ghostscript is a versatile processor for Postscript data with the ability to render Postscript to different targets.
Install Ghostscript by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/lib/gs \
--sysconfdir=/etc/gs --enable-shared --enable-static &&
make &&
make install |
To install the shared library libgs.so, run the following commands additionally:
make so && make soinstall |
Note: The shared library is only used in external programs like gsview-4.3.
To finish the installation, unpack all fonts you've loaded to /usr/share/ghostscript.
--libexecdir=/usr/lib/gs : executable libraries of Ghostscript will be installed to /usr/lib/gs.
--sysconfdir=/etc/gs : Configuration data goes to /etc/gs instead of /usr/etc.
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.