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Installing Ghostscript

SkyVault Share uses Ghostscript version 8.56 for creating document thumbnails and previews. This topic describes how to install Ghostscript on your system.

ImageMagick uses Ghostscript to render Postscript and PDF files, as well as formats where a translator to Postscript is available. ImageMagick will also use Ghostscript fonts to support the standard set of Postscript fonts. 

Note: The Ghostscript executable file is entirely platform-specific.
  • For Windows:
    • Download Ghostscript (32 bit) from the Ghostscript Downloads Page.
    • Browse to the location of your downloaded file and install the application.
    • Update the img.gslib property in the SkyVault-global.properties file as shown below:
      img.gslib = <GhostScript_installation_dir>/lib
  • For Linux:

    From Source:

    • Download Ghostscript from the Ghostscript Downloads Page.
    • Make sure that building toolchains specific to your OS version are installed (for example, gcc, make or any related packages).
    • Run the following commands to install Ghostscript:
      ./configure
      make
      make install

      This installs Ghostscript at /usr/local/.

    • Add the following to the SkyVault-global.properties file:
      img.gslib = /usr/local/share/ghostscript/<version>/lib 
    From repositories/CD:
    • Make sure that your OS is connected to the online repository/repositories or the installation media is accessible by the package manager.
    • Open your distribution's terminal program.
    • Based on your Linux distribution, type the following command in the terminal.

      RHEL:

      yum install ghostscript
      SLES:
      zypper install ghostscript
      Ubuntu:
      apt-get install ghostscript
    • Wait as the files are downloaded and installed onto your system. A list of added files will show when the process is complete.
  • For Solaris:

    From Source:

    • Download Ghostscript from the Ghostscript Downloads Page.
    • Make sure that building toolchains specific to your OS version are installed (for example, gcc, make or any related packages).
    • Run the following commands to install Ghostscript:
      ./configure
      make
      make install

      This installs Ghostscript at /usr/local/.

    • Add the following to the SkyVault-global.properties file:
      img.gslib = /usr/local/share/ghostscript/<version>/lib 
    From repositories/CD:
    • Make sure that your OS is connected to the online repository/repositories or the installation media is accessible by the package manager.
    • Open your distribution's terminal program.
    • Type the following command in the terminal:
      pkgadd SUNWgscr
    • Wait as the files are downloaded and installed onto your system. A list of added files will show when the process is complete.