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|Short description=Interpreter for the Postscript and PDF graphics languages
 
|Short description=Interpreter for the Postscript and PDF graphics languages
 
|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.
 
|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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|Homepage URL=http://gnu.org/software/ghostscript
 
|User level=none
 
|User level=none
|Status=Live
 
|Component programs=
 
|Homepage URL=http://www.ghostscript.com
 
|VCS checkout command=
 
 
|Computer languages=C
 
|Computer languages=C
 
|Documentation note=User and Developer documentation is available from http://www.ghostscript.com/doc/current/
 
|Documentation note=User and Developer documentation is available from http://www.ghostscript.com/doc/current/
|Paid support=
 
|IRC help=
 
|IRC general=
 
|IRC development=
 
 
|Related projects=a2ps,apsfilter,Enscript,fontutils,Ghostview,Gimp-print,hp2xx,Lahelper,Ted,Tipograf
 
|Related projects=a2ps,apsfilter,Enscript,fontutils,Ghostview,Gimp-print,hp2xx,Lahelper,Ted,Tipograf
 
|Keywords=graphics,pdf,PostScript,printing,ghostscript,Ghostview,GNU ghostscript
 
|Keywords=graphics,pdf,PostScript,printing,ghostscript,Ghostview,GNU ghostscript
|Is GNU=y
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|Version identifier=8.71.1
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|Version date=2010-09-09
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|Version status=stable
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|Version download=http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ghostscript/gnu-ghostscript-8.71.1.tar.bz2
 
|Last review by=Janet Casey
 
|Last review by=Janet Casey
 
|Last review date=2010-09-20
 
|Last review date=2010-09-20
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
|Version identifier=8.71.1
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|Is GNU=Yes
|Version date=2010-09-09
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|GNU package identifier=ghostscript
|Version status=stable
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|License verified date=2010-09-09
|Version download=http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ghostscript/gnu-ghostscript-8.71.1.tar.bz2
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|License=GPLv2
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|License verified by=Kelly Hopkins
 
|License verified date=2010-09-09
 
|License verified date=2010-09-09
|Version comment=
 
 
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{{Person
 
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|Real name=Didier Link
 
|Role=Maintainer
 
|Role=Maintainer
|Real name=Didier Link
 
 
|Email=didier@famille-link.fr
 
|Email=didier@famille-link.fr
|Resource URL=
 
 
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|Real name=Tim Theisen
 
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|Email=ghostview@cs.wisc.edu
 
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|Printing=postscript
 
|Printing=postscript
 
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Revision as of 14:30, 12 October 2012


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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.





Licensing

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The font files (in Resource/Font)

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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

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