[Gsview] installing gs on Linux

[Russell Lang]

> Hello everyone!
> 
> I'm trying to install the newest gsview and keep getting
> 
> # rpm -ivh gsview-4.3-1.i386.rpm
> error: failed dependencies:
>     ghostscript >= 7.04 is needed by gsview-4.3-1
> 
> I have the gs installed in
> 
> # /usr/bin/gs --version
> 6.51

Update this one to the RPM of GS 7.05.

> # /usr/bin/bin/gs --version
> 8.00
> # /usr/local/bin/gs --version
> 8.00
> 
> Can someone let me how to specify the dependency, say /usr/local/bin/gs, 
> to the rpm? Would also like to know how to uninstall gs.

The RPMs of ghostscript are not relocatable.
You can't uninstall gs without ripping out all printing stuff, 
but you can replace gs.  I think it is "rpm -U".


Russell Lang                   gsview@ghostgum.com.au
Ghostgum Software Pty Ltd      http://www.ghostgum.com.au/