Package: ghostscript (9.50~dfsg-5 and others)

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interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF

GPL Ghostscript is used for PostScript/PDF preview and printing. Usually as a back-end to a program such as ghostview, it can display PostScript and PDF documents in an X11 environment.

Furthermore, it can render PostScript and PDF files as graphics to be printed on non-PostScript printers. Supported printers include common dot-matrix, inkjet and laser models.

Tags: System Administration: Hardware Support, Hardware Enablement: Printer, Implemented in: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Purpose: use::driver, use::printing, Supports Format: PDF Documents, works-with-format::postscript, works-with::dtp, Works with: Fonts, works-with::image, works-with::image:raster, Vector Image, Text

Other Packages Related to ghostscript

• dep: libc6 (>= 2.16) [x32]

  GNU C Library: Shared libraries
  also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb

  dep: libc6 (>= 2.17) [arm64, ppc64el]

  dep: libc6 (>= 2.2) [hppa]

  dep: libc6 (>= 2.27) [riscv64]

  dep: libc6 (>= 2.29) [sh4]

  dep: libc6 (>= 2.4) [not alpha, arm64, hppa, ppc64el, riscv64, sh4, x32]

• dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.0) [alpha]

  GNU C Library: Shared libraries
  also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb

• dep: libgs9 (= 9.27~dfsg-2) [powerpcspe]

  interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - Library

  dep: libgs9 (= 9.50~dfsg-5) [not powerpcspe]

• rec: gsfonts

  Fonts for the Ghostscript interpreter(s)

• sug: ghostscript-x

  interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - X11 support

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Architecture	Version	Package Size	Installed Size	Files
alpha (unofficial port)	9.50~dfsg-5	93.5 kB	222.0 kB	[list of files]
amd64	9.50~dfsg-5	93.5 kB	226.0 kB	[list of files]
arm64	9.50~dfsg-5	93.6 kB	222.0 kB	[list of files]
armel	9.50~dfsg-5	93.3 kB	217.0 kB	[list of files]
armhf	9.50~dfsg-5	93.2 kB	217.0 kB	[list of files]
hppa (unofficial port)	9.50~dfsg-5	93.8 kB	217.0 kB	[list of files]
i386	9.50~dfsg-5	93.6 kB	225.0 kB	[list of files]
m68k (unofficial port)	9.50~dfsg-5	93.2 kB	221.0 kB	[list of files]
mips64el	9.50~dfsg-5	93.7 kB	222.0 kB	[list of files]
mipsel	9.50~dfsg-5	93.5 kB	217.0 kB	[list of files]
powerpcspe (unofficial port)	9.27~dfsg-2	92.3 kB	276.0 kB	[list of files]
ppc64 (unofficial port)	9.50~dfsg-5	93.8 kB	278.0 kB	[list of files]
ppc64el	9.50~dfsg-5	93.7 kB	278.0 kB	[list of files]
riscv64 (unofficial port)	9.50~dfsg-5	93.2 kB	218.0 kB	[list of files]
s390x	9.50~dfsg-5	93.4 kB	222.0 kB	[list of files]
sh4 (unofficial port)	9.50~dfsg-5	93.4 kB	217.0 kB	[list of files]
sparc64 (unofficial port)	9.50~dfsg-5	93.3 kB	222.0 kB	[list of files]
x32 (unofficial port)	9.50~dfsg-5	93.4 kB	225.0 kB	[list of files]