Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version r12.4-1489

Chapter 50. PostScript

paps-0.8.0

Introduction to paps

paps is a text to PostScript converter that works through Pango. Its input is a UTF-8 encoded text file and it outputs vectorized PostScript. It may be used for printing any complex script supported by Pango.

[Note]

Note

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 13.0 platform.

Package Information

Additional Downloads

paps Dependencies

Required

fmt-12.1.0 and Pango-1.57.0

Optional

Doxygen-1.16.1

Installation of paps

First fix problems with glib-2.81.0 and fmt-12.1.0 or later: 

sed -i -r 's/g_utf8_(next|offset)/(char*) &/' src/paps.cc &&
patch -Np1 -i ../paps-0.8.0-fmt_fix-1.patch

Install paps by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr    \
            --disable-Werror \
            --mandir=/usr/share/man &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Program: paps
Installed Library: None
Installed Directory: None

Short Descriptions

paps

is a text to PostScript converter that supports UTF-8 character encoding