Re: [IBMiOSS] Update Ghostscript

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Justin

I am working on a change in printing here, and it involves PDFs - I 
installed the 9.06-2 version of GhostScript (with the docs), and it 
works fine so far with merging PDFs into a single PDF using device 
pdfwrite, as well as generating PCL for printing using device ljet4.

As for updating, I'm not sure - the perzl version installed in a 
"freeware" directory - down the path somewhere like /QOpenSys/var/opt or 
some such - I'm not at the system and can't remember the exact path.

I just wonder if your current GhostScript installation is in that 
location - if so, I expect using wget and rpm would just replace it. If 
not, you would maybe need to change your evocation to point to a new 
location.

Of course, you might have the knowledge I don't have, to move things 
around as needed.

HTH
Vern

On 9/14/2016 8:03 PM, Justin Taylor wrote:
> Late in 2014, I installed the "Pdf 2 Ps Outq" (http://yips.idevcloud.com/wiki/index.php/PASE/Pdf2PsOutq).  It worked for some PDF files, but it always crashed on the files I was actually trying to print.  I never got it to work, so I was forced to cobble together an iBMi => Windows => IBMi solution for PDF printing.  That cobbled together solution broke down this week, so I'm wondering again about a native solution.  I have Ghostscript 8.70 right now.  Perzl is showing 9.06-2.  How can I update my Ghostscript on IBMi?
>
> I have 9.16 on my PC, and it handles the PDF files fine.  I'm hoping 9.06-2 will also work.