[scribus] Mac OS X Snow Leopard GhostScript??

[Mike Sleger]

Thanks!  The installer package might better have been named "Install Ghostscript.mpkg" instead of "GPL Ghostscript.mpkg", which would be a lot more intuitive and correlate better with the "Uninstall Ghostscript.mpkg" file.  I can now start Scribus without seeing the Ghostscript popup.

On Jun 10, 2011, at 6:31 PM, O. Moskalenko wrote:

> * 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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