Ghostscript is a versatile processor for PostScript data with the ability to render PostScript to different targets.
Download (HTTP): http://telia.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ghostscript/ghostscript-8.11.tar.bz2
Download (FTP): ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/AFPL/gs811/ghostscript-8.11.tar.bz2
Download size: 5.1 MB
Estimated Disk space required: 50-61 MB (depends on if libgs.so is installed)
Estimated build time: 1.31-2.48 SBU
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 depends on GTK+-1.2.10. It is only used in external programs like GSview-4.4.
To finish the installation, unpack all fonts you've loaded to /usr/share/ghostscript.
--libexecdir=/usr/lib/gs: This switch installs executable libraries of Ghostscript to /usr/lib/gs.
--sysconfdir=/etc/gs: This switch installs configuration data 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.