Ghostscript Installation

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make install

-his last co&&and &a/ need to be perfor&ed with super user privileges$

*ou can set the installation director/ b/ adding --p#ef!%&pathto the configure invocation in the

first step$ -he default prefix is /"s#/'oa'' which is to sa/ the gsexecutable is installed as

/"s#/'oa'/(!n/gs$

A list of si&ilar configuration options is available via ./onf!g"#e --)e'p

%or &ore detailed infor&ation on building Ghostscript see how to build Ghostscript on Unixin the

docu&entation on building Ghostscript' especiall/ regarding infor&ation on using the older hand

edited &a7efileapproach$ Whatever configuration &ethod /ou use' execute (ma$e !nsta''( to

install the executable and all the re0uired and ancillar/ files after the build is co&plete$

Fonts

-he &a7efile installs all the files except fonts under the director/ defined in the &a7efile as

p#ef!%$ %onts need to be installed separatel/$ -he fonts should be installed in{prefix}/s)a#e/g)osts#!pt/fonts$ 5-hat is'

/"s#/'oa'/s)a#e/g)osts#!pt/fonts/if /ou used the default configuration above$6

If /ou have Adobe Acrobat installed' /ou can use the Acrobat fonts in place of the ones distributed

with with Ghostscript b/ adding the Acrobat fonts director/ to GS_FONTPAT*and re&oving these

fonts fro& Fontmap.GS+

9ourier' 9ourier1:old' 9ourier1:oldObli0ue' 9ourier1Obli0ue' )elvetica' )elvetica1

:old' )elvetica1:oldObli0ue' )elvetica1Obli0ue' S/&bol' -i&es1:old' -i&es1

:oldItalic' -i&es1Italic' -i&es1;o&an'


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GS56N,13.E7E G)osts#!pt as a ,1-(!t 5!ndo0s ommand '!nep#og#am. T)!s !s "s"a''8 t)e p#efe##ede%e"ta('e.

GS56N,1.E7E ,1-(!t G)osts#!pt "s!ng !ts o0n 0!ndo0 fo#ommands

GSD99,1.D99 ,1-(!t d8nam! '!n$ '!(#a#8 onta!n!ng most

of G)osts#!pt:s f"nt!ona'!t8Fo# t)e 2-(!t 5!ndo0s !nsta''; a'so !n t)e gs#.##4(!n s"(d!#eto#8;t)e8 a#eas!s; o# Ado(e A#o(at fonts. 6f8o"# s8stem "ses T#"eT8pe fonts; 8o" an get t)em onve#ted to aG)osts#!pt-ompat!('e fo#mat at t)e t!me 8o" se'et 8o"#=p#!nte#= (8 do!ng t)e fo''o0!ngthe na&e of the director/ where the fonts are located 5see

Use$ht&for &ore infor&ation about GS_96>6$ :efore /ou do this' please read carefull/ the licensethat acco&panies the A-M fonts. we ta7e no responsibilit/ for an/ possible violations of suchlicenses$ Si&ilarl/' if /ou have Adobe -/pe :asics' /ou &a/ wish to replace FONTMAPwith

FONTMAP.AT>$ %inall/' if /ou have neither A-M nor A-: but /ou have Adobe Acrobat installed'

/ou can use the Acrobat fonts in place of the ones provided with Ghostscript b/ adding the Acrobat

fonts director/ to GS_FONTPAT*and re&oving these fonts fro& FONTMAP+

9ourier' 9ourier1:old' 9ourier1:oldObli0ue' 9ourier1Obli0ue' )elvetica' )elvetica1

:old' )elvetica1:oldObli0ue' )elvetica1Obli0ue' S/&bol' -i&es1:old' -i&es1

:oldItalic' -i&es1Italic' -i&es1;o&an'


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-d>!tsPe#P!%e'&+ GA &onochro&e-d>!tsPe#P!%e'&2 GA standard-d>!tsPe#P!%e'& SGA #D@ colors

Standard GA is ver/ slow because it uses double buffering to avoid bugs and because of ,1plane

to 1plane conversion. it?s better to use a #D@1color displa/ driver$ Man/ displa/ drivers have bugs

which cause , bit1per1pixel bit&aps to be displa/ed incorrectl/$

GSOS1.E7Eand GSPMDRV.E7Ewill sta/ in &e&or/ for the nu&ber of &inutes specified in the

environ&ent variable GS_9OAD$

%or printer devices' output goes to the default 0ueue$ -o print to a specified 0ueue' use

-sO"tp"tF!'e&44spoo'4N"''9PT+' where N"''9PT+is the 0ueue?s ph/sical na&e$

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