[Image] Obtaining Aladdin Ghostscript 6.01

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See also the topic Ghostscript Licensing.

Post-release news

After you get this version of Ghostscript, we suggest that you follow this
link to find a list of problems, fixes, and workarounds for this release.

Mirror sites

The primary site for the Ghostscript source code is
http://download.sourceforge.net/ghostscript. The primary FTP site for the
full Ghostscript release is ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/ghost. Ghostscript is
also available from many mirror sites which may be closer to you and
provide faster access. Ghostscript is also available on CD-R.

Unix & VMS

You will need to obtain the following sources:

   * ghostscript-6.01.tar.gz, Ghostscript sources, 3408474 bytes
   * jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz, JPEG library sources, 613261 bytes
   * libpng-1.0.5.tar.gz, LIBPNG library sources, 299401 bytes
   * zlib-1.1.3.tar.gz, ZLIB library sources, 168463 bytes

and also the following fonts:

   * ghostscript-fonts-std-6.0.tar.gz, Ghostscript standard fonts, 1881034
     bytes

Start by reading the Readme.htm file in ghostscript-6.01.tar.gz.

It is also worthwhile having the GV or Ghostview previewer.

Precompiled RPM files are available from ghostscript-6.01-1.i386.rpm and
ghostscript-fonts-6.0-2.noarch.rpm, The sources are available from
ghostscript-6.01-1.src.rpm and ghostscript-fonts-6.0-2.src.rpm. These are
expected to work on the following Linux variants:

   * RedHat Linux 5.1 (the RPMs were built on this platform).
   * RedHat Linux 6.0.
   * Caldera OpenLinux 2.2.
   * Caldera OpenLinux 1.3 provided you first install the runtime glibc
     package from the /col/contrib/RPMS directory on the OpenLinux 1.3
     "Installation" CD-ROM.

Please note that these RPM files were built with a limited set of printer
drivers. If you need extra printer drivers, you will need to recompile
Ghostscript.

OS/2, MS-DOS & MS-Windows

Windows 95, 98 or NT

You will need to obtain and run the self-extracting EXE

     gs601w32.exe, Aladdin Ghostscript 6.01 for Win32 5232640 bytes

Alternatively, a plain zip file is available.

It is recommended that you also install GSview, a graphical interface to
Ghostscript.

     gsv34w32.exe, GSview 3.4 for Win32 1180672 bytes

Windows 3.1

To run the 32-bit executables, you will need to obtain and install Win32s
1.30, download the self extracting EXE mentioned in the previous section,
unzip it using a tool such as Info-ZIP, then manually install it using the
instructions in Install.htm. The self extracting archive will not unpack
itself correctly under Win32s. The enclosed setup program will not run
under Win32s.

If you need 16-bit exectuables, you will need to obtain and run the
self-extracting EXE

     gsv27403.exe, GSview 2.7 and Aladdin Ghostscript 4.03 for Win16
     2936095 bytes

This is the most recent 16-bit version.

OS/2

You will need to obtain the following ZIP files:

   * gs601os2.zip, Aladdin Ghostscript for OS/2, 4635230 bytes
   * gsv34os2.zip, GSview for OS/2, 899754 bytes,

Unzip gsv34os2.zip and follow the instructions in the file Readme.htm.

DOS

There is no DOS EXE prebuilt for Aladdin Ghostscript 6.01. See Aladdin
Ghostscript 5.10 for a 32-bit DOS EXE. Alternatively, the Win32 package
above includes gswin32c.exe, a Win32 command line version of Ghostscript.

Compiling from sources

If you plan to re-compile from the sources, you will need gs601w32.exe or
gs601os2.zip plus:

   * gs601src.zip, Ghostscript sources, 3087k
   * jpegsr6b.zip, Independent JPEG group sources, 745k
   * lpng105.zip, PNG graphics library, 341
   * zlib113.zip, zlib compression library, 214k

The documentation for Ghostscript is typically installed in the directory
c:/Aladdin/gs6.01/doc. Look for Readme.htm, New-user.htm, Install.htm and
Use.htm.

GSview

 [Image] If using OS/2 or MS-Windows it is strongly recommended that you
         also get GSview, which provides a graphical interface to
         Ghostscript.

To unpack ZIP files, you will need an unzip program such as Info-ZIP unzip.

Macintosh

Aladdin Ghostscript 6.01 will be available precompiled for the Mac here.

The following information applies to Aladdin Ghostscript 5.50.

You will need to obtain the following: macgs-550-installer.bin, FAT binary,
configuration, initialization, fonts, and example files, 4551k

Note: This download requires StuffitExpander version 5.x or any version of
MindExpander for decompression. Older versions of StuffitExpander will
complain that the archive is corrupted; this is not the case.

If you plan to re-compile from the sources, you will need:

   * ghostscript-5.50.tar.gz, Ghostscript sources 2826251 bytes
   * jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz, JPEG library sources, 613261 bytes
   * libpng-1.0.2.tar.gz, LIBPNG library sources, 225386 bytes
   * zlib-1.1.3.tar.gz, ZLIB library sources, 168463 bytes
   * macgs-550-src.sit.bin, additional sources for the Macintosh, 227k

Start by reading the readme.txt file for installation instructions.

The MacGS Viewer Manual is part of the macgs-550-installer.bin archive and
contains more detailed information. There is also a web version of the
manual on-line. You can find out more about MacGS-550 on-line as well.

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Last update: 2000-07-29 by Russell Lang