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|Name=GNU ghostscript
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|Name=GNU Ghostscript
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|Short description=Interpreter for the Postscript and PDF graphics languages
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|Short description=PostScript and PDF interpreter
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|Full description=An interpreter for the Postscript language and the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), a set of C procedures (the Ghostscript lib) that implements the graphics capabilities that appear as primitive operations in the Postscript language and in PDF, and a set of utility programs that include the ability to convert PostScript to PDF. Currently it supports PostScript level 3 and PDF versions 1.0 through 1.6.
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|Full description='''Ghostscript''' is an interpreter for the PostScript language and the PDF file format. It also includes a C library that implements the graphics capabilities of the PostScript language. It supports a wide variety of output file formats and printers.
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This package is the GNU version of the [[GPL Ghostscript|Artifex Ghostscript]].
 
|Homepage URL=http://gnu.org/software/ghostscript
 
|Homepage URL=http://gnu.org/software/ghostscript
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|User level=none
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|User level=intermediate
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|VCS checkout command=git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/ghostscript.git
 
|Computer languages=C
 
|Computer languages=C
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|Documentation note=User and Developer documentation is available from http://www.ghostscript.com/doc/current/
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|Documentation note=An introduction to GNU Ghostscript is available at: https://www.gnu.org/software/ghostscript/intro.html
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|Related projects=a2ps,apsfilter,Enscript,fontutils,Ghostview,Gimp-print,hp2xx,Lahelper,Ted,Tipograf
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A graphical user interface to the Ghostscript interpreter is provided by the [[GNU GV]] package.
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|Related projects=a2ps,apsfilter,Enscript,fontutils,gv,Gimp-print,hp2xx,Lahelper,Ted,Tipograf
 
|Keywords=graphics,pdf,PostScript,printing,ghostscript,Ghostview,GNU ghostscript
 
|Keywords=graphics,pdf,PostScript,printing,ghostscript,Ghostview,GNU ghostscript
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|Version identifier=8.71.1
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|Version identifier=9.14.1
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|Version date=2010-09-09
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|Version date=2016/11/06
 
|Version status=stable
 
|Version status=stable
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|Version download=http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ghostscript/gnu-ghostscript-8.71.1.tar.bz2
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|Version download=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ghostscript/gnu-ghostscript-9.14.0.tar.xz
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|Last review by=Janet Casey
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|Last review by=Genium
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|Last review date=2010-09-20
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|Last review date=2017/01/17
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
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|Status=
 
|Is GNU=Yes
 
|Is GNU=Yes
 
|GNU package identifier=ghostscript
 
|GNU package identifier=ghostscript
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{{Project license
 
{{Project license
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|License=GPLv2
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|License=AGPLv3orlater
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|License verified by=Kelly Hopkins
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|License verified by=Genium
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|License verified date=2010-09-09
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|License verified date=2017/01/17
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|License note=GNU Ghostscript, see http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/ghostscript.git/tree/COPYING
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}}
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{{Project license
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|License=Other
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|License copyright=Adobe Systems Incorporated
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|License verified by=Genium
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|License verified date=2017/01/17
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|License note=The CMap files (in Resource/CMap)
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{{Project license
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|License=AGPLv3 with exception
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|License verified by=Genium
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|License verified date=2017/01/17
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|License note=The font files (in Resource/Font)
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{{Project license
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|License=Other
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|License copyright=UNICODE, INC.
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|License verified by=Genium
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|License verified date=2017/01/17
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|License note=http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/ghostscript.git/tree/LICENSE.Unicode
 
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{{Person
 
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|Role=Maintainer
 
|Role=Maintainer
 
|Email=didier@famille-link.fr
 
|Email=didier@famille-link.fr
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|Resource URL=
 
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{{Person
 
{{Person
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|Real name=Peter Deutsch
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|Real name=José E. Marchesi
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|Role=Contributor
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|Role=Maintainer
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|Email=jemarch@gnu.org
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{{Person
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|Resource URL=
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|Real name=Russell Lang
 
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|Role=Contributor
 
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{{Person
 
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|Real name=Thomas Merz
 
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|Role=Contributor
 
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{{Person
 
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|Real name=Tim Theisen
 
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|Role=Contributor
 
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|Email=ghostview@cs.wisc.edu
 
 
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{{Person
 
{{Person
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|Real name=and many others
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|Real name=Artifex Software Inc.
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|Role=Contributor
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|Role=Original source code comes from [[GPL Ghostscript]] released by Artifex Software Inc.
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|Resource URL=
 
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{{Resource
 
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|Resource kind=Newsgroup
 
|Resource kind=Newsgroup
 
|Resource URL=gnu.ghostscript.bug
 
|Resource URL=gnu.ghostscript.bug
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Developer
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|Resource kind=VCS Repository Webview
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|Resource URL=http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/ghostscript.git
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=User
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|Resource kind=Download
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|Resource URL=http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/ghostscript/
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Developer
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|Resource kind=Homepage
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|Resource URL=https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/ghostscript/
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Guix
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|Resource kind=Homepage
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|Resource URL=https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/packages/g.html
 
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{{Software category
 
{{Software category
 
|Interface=command-line, console, library
 
|Interface=command-line, console, library
 
|Printing=postscript
 
|Printing=postscript
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|Programming-language=C
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|Runs-on=GNU/Linux, GNU/Hurd
 
|Use=printing
 
|Use=printing
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|Works-with-format=pdf
 
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{{Software prerequisite
 
{{Software prerequisite

Revision as of 23:12, 17 January 2017


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GNU Ghostscript

https://www.gnu.org/software/ghostscript/
PostScript and PDF interpreter.

Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript language and the PDF file format. It also includes a C library that implements the graphics capabilities of the PostScript language. It supports a wide variety of output file formats and printers.

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Download

https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ghostscript/gnu-ghostscript-9.14.1.tar.xz




Categories





Licensing

License

Verified by

Verified on

Notes

License

AGPLv3 with exception

Verified by

Genium

Verified on

17 January 2017

Notes

The font files (in Resource/Font)

License

Other

Verified by

Genium

Verified on

17 January 2017

Notes

1: The CMap files (in Resource/CMap) 2: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/ghostscript.git/tree/LICENSE.Unicode

License

AGPLv3orlater

Verified by

Genium

Verified on

17 January 2017




Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
Didier Link Maintainer
José E. Marchesi Maintainer


Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
Downloadhttps://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ghostscript/
Mailing Listhttps://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-system-discuss/
Savannah (Ref)https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/ghostscript/
Mailing Listhttps://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ghostscript/
VCS Repository Webviewhttps://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/ghostscript.git/
Generalhttps://savannah.gnu.org/people/
Debian (Ref)https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ghostscript
Downloadhttps://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/ghostscript/


Software prerequisites

KindDescription
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Weak prerequisitezlib




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"Original source code comes from GPL Ghostscript released by Artifex Software Inc." is not in the list (Maintainer, Contributor, Developer, Sponsor, Unknown) of allowed values for the "Role" property.








"User" is not in the list (General, Help, Bug Tracking, Support, Developer) of allowed values for the "Resource audience" property.




"Guix" is not in the list (General, Help, Bug Tracking, Support, Developer) of allowed values for the "Resource audience" property.












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