A2ps

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Download Source: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/a2ps/a2ps-4.13b.tar.gz
Download Font: ftp://ftp.enst.fr/pub/unix/a2ps/i18n-fonts-0.1.tar.gz

Introduction to a2ps

a2ps is a filter utilized mainly in the background and primarily by printing scripts to convert almost every input format into PostScript output. The application's name expands appropriately to "all to PostScript".

Dependencies

Optional

Non-Multilib

Compile the package:

sed -i "s|emacs||" contrib/Makefile.in &&
sed -i 's/+0 -1/-k 1,2/' afm/make_fonts_map.sh &&
sed -i "s|/usr/local/share|/usr/share|" configure &&
sed -i "s|char \*malloc ();|/* & */|" lib/path-concat.c &&
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps --localstatedir=/var \
--enable-shared --with-medium=letter &&
make

Install the package

make install

Install the font

cp -v fonts/* /usr/share/a2ps/fonts &&
cp -v afm/* /usr/share/a2ps/afm &&
cd /usr/share/a2ps/afm &&
./make_fonts_map.sh &&
mv fonts.map.new fonts.map

Multilib

32Bit

Compile the package:


sed -i "s|emacs||" contrib/Makefile.in &&
sed -i 's/+0 -1/-k 1,2/' afm/make_fonts_map.sh &&
sed -i "s|/usr/local/share|/usr/share|" configure &&
sed -i "s|char \*malloc ();|/* & */|" lib/path-concat.c &&
CC="gcc -m32" ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --with-medium=letter \
--sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps --localstatedir=/var \
--host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --target=i686-pc-linux-gnu &&
make

Install the package

make install

N32

TO DO!

64Bit

Compile the package:

cp /usr/share/libtool/config.sub ./auxdir/
cp /usr/share/libtool/config.guess ./auxdir/
sed -i "s|emacs||" contrib/Makefile.in &&
sed -i 's/+0 -1/-k 1,2/' afm/make_fonts_map.sh &&
sed -i "s|/usr/local/share|/usr/share|" configure &&
sed -i "s|char \*malloc ();|/* & */|" lib/path-concat.c
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps --localstatedir=/var \
--enable-shared --with-medium=letter --libdir=/usr/lib64
make

Install the package

make install

Install the font

cp -v fonts/* /usr/share/a2ps/fonts &&
cp -v afm/* /usr/share/a2ps/afm &&
cd /usr/share/a2ps/afm &&
./make_fonts_map.sh &&
mv fonts.map.new fonts.map