[scribus] Mac OS X Snow Leopard GhostScript??

[O. Moskalenko]

* Mike Sleger <chappa-ai at q.com> [2011-06-10 18:16:22 -0600]:

> Nope, doesn't help yet.  GhostScript is not yet installed - it's still
> sitting in the Downloads folder waiting for me to do something with it.
> "Just continue the installation until it completes" doesn't sound so good
> when the installation hasn't even started.  I've yet to find any
> documentation that says how to start the installation after the dmg is
> downloaded.  Double-clicking on the downloaded glpgs-8.71.dmg file (within
> the Downloads folder), a "Install GPL Ghostscript" folder is created at the
> root with the following contents:
>
> Installer ReadMe.html  (doesn't say how to start the installation)
> Uninstaller ReadMe.html  (haven't read this yet, as it's not even installed yet)
> GPL License
> GPL Ghostscript.mpkg
> Uninstall Ghostscript.mpkg
> Source Code
> 
> After this folder is created, nothing happens.  I expect I need to do yet something else manually, but I have no idea what that is.

For your information .mpkg files are MacOS X installers just as .pkg files.
So, you can double-click on the GPL Ghostscript.mpkg to install it.

Disclamer: I went through a more roundabout route of installing macports to
get ghostscript onto my mac for Scribus use.

> On Jun 10, 2011, at 8:30 AM, Matthias Schmitt wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > On 10 Jun 2011, at 08:04, Mike Sleger wrote:
> > 
> >> Thanks.  I already have the dmg downloaded, but I don't know what to do with it.  The "Installer ReadMe.html" file in the package is of no use whatsoever.  It simply states:
> >> 
> >> Installation and Set Up
> >> 
> >> Just continue the installation until it completes. No restart is necessary.
> > 
> > Sounds good, doesn't it? :-)
> > 
> > Now start Scribus and open the preference box. You need to tell Scribus where the GhostScript program is located. Select "External Tools" and enter '/usr/local/bin/gs' as name of the PostScript Interpreter executable.
> > 
> > Does this help?
> > 
> > Matthias Schmitt
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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