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# $ApsCVS: src/apsfilter/INSTALL,v 1.27.2.3 2001/12/29 17:17:08 andreas Exp $
APSFILTER installation instructions
===================================
For all Unix systems you need:
* the spooling software (lpd, lpr, lprm etc.); apsfilter supports
BSD-style spoolers and LPRng (which in turn is BSD compatible)
* for non-PostScript printers: ghostscript (gs) version 6.51 (GNU),
7.00 (AFPL) or later
* recommended: the psutils package (psnup, psselect, psbook, ...)
* a converter for every file format that you want to print
for bitmap images:
- convert from the ImageMagick package or
- nconvert from XnView or
- the pbmplus / netpbm tools
for archives (will print file listing):
ar, arc/unarc, unarj, cabextract, cpio, lha, rar/unrar,
rpm, tar, unzip, zoo
for ASCII files:
- a2ps or
- mpage or
- enscript or
- recode (no fancy features, plain text)
plus (depends on your special demands)
- dvips for DVI files
- transfig for XFig files
- html2ps or htmldoc for HTML files
- sk2ps for Sketch, WMF and XFig files
- groff for *roff files
- tgif for Tgif files
- wmf2eps for Windows Metafiles
- optional: acroread or pdftops for PDF files
* compression tools if you want to handle packed files:
gzip, bzip2, compress, freeze, pack, lzop
Installation procedure:
=======================
* extract the tarball; this will create a subdir "apsfilter"
$ gzip -cd apsfilter-x.y.z.tar.gz | tar xf -
or
$ bzip2 -cd apsfilter-x.y.z.tar.bz2 | tar xf -
* cd into "apsfilter"
* configure apsfilter
$ ./configure
You might want to give options; see "./configure --help"
* login as root ("su -")
* install apsfilter
# make install
* (optional) copy the contributed uniprint driver profiles into the
ghostscript lib directory; e.g.
# cp uniprint/*.upp /usr/local/share/ghostscript/VeRsIoN/lib
This step can be skipped for FreeBSD users if the gs port has been
updated lately.
* read the apsfilter documentation under doc/ subdir
* again: please try to read the whole documentation, including the FAQ
* to install printers, start the SETUP script and follow the
instructions:
# /usr/local/share/apsfilter/SETUP
(adjust the path if needed)
* restart the spooler daemon "lpd", mostly by typing as root:
# lpc restart all
* print some files as a final test
* in case of a problem, re-read the apsfilter handbook
(doc/handbook.html), man pages for apsfilter, the
FAQ in the apsfilter handbook.
HOWTO-BUGREPORTS tells you, how to report bugs.
* One final note:
PLEASE WRITE BUG REPORTS TO THE MAILING-LISTS NOT TO
THE DEVELOPERS PERSONALLY.
This assures
- that we can share our experiences among ALL apsfilter users and
- feed our browseable and searchable mailinglist archive.
Thanks !
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