# Install ghostscript with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, zypper Interpreter for PostScript and PDF. Version 10.07.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-23. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:ghostscript ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ghostscript ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install ghostscript ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: print/ghostscript/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add ghostscript ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ghostscript from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install ghostscript ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: ghostscript from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install ghostscript ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ghostscript from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#ghostscript ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gh/ghostscript/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S ghostscript ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: ghostscript from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install ghostscript ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ghostscript from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Chocolatey (92%): ```sh choco install Ghostscript ``` Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: Ghostscript from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','gawk' - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/ghostscript ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/ghostscript.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:ghostscript - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 10.07.1 - **Source summary:** Interpreter for PostScript and PDF - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** AGPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-23T00:55:24Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - dvipdf (cli) - eps2eps (cli) - gpcl6 (cli) - gpcl6c (cli) - gpdlc (cli) - gs (cli) - gsbj (cli) - gsc (cli) - gsdj (cli) - gsdj500 (cli) - gslj (cli) - gslp (cli) - gsnd (cli) - gsx (cli) - gxps (cli) - gxpsc (cli) - lprsetup.sh (cli) - pdf2dsc (cli) - pdf2ps (cli) - pf2afm (cli) - pfbtopfa (cli) - pphs (cli) - printafm (cli) - ps2ascii (cli) - ps2epsi (cli) - ps2pdf (cli) - ps2pdf12 (cli) - ps2pdf13 (cli) - ps2pdf14 (cli) - ps2pdfwr (cli) - ps2ps (cli) - ps2ps2 (cli) - unix-lpr.sh (cli) - dvipdf (alias) - eps2eps (alias) - gpcl6 (alias) - gpcl6c (alias) - gpdlc (alias) - gs (alias) - gsbj (alias) - gsc (alias) - gsdj (alias) - gsdj500 (alias) - gslj (alias) - gslp (alias) - gsnd (alias) - gsx (alias) - gxps (alias) - gxpsc (alias) - lprsetup.sh (alias) - pdf2dsc (alias) - pdf2ps (alias) - pf2afm (alias) - pfbtopfa (alias) - pphs (alias) - printafm (alias) - ps2ascii (alias) - ps2epsi (alias) - ps2pdf (alias) - ps2pdf12 (alias) - ps2pdf13 (alias) - ps2pdf14 (alias) - ps2pdfwr (alias) - ps2ps (alias) - ps2ps2 (alias) - unix-lpr.sh (alias) ## Dependencies - fontconfig - freetype - jbig2dec - jpeg-turbo - leptonica - libarchive - libidn - libpng - libtiff - little-cms2 - openjpeg - tesseract ## Build dependencies - pkgconf ## Uses from macOS - expat ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Caveats: Ghostscript is now built `--without-versioned-path`. Temporary backwards compatibility symlinks exist but will be removed with 10.07.0 release. - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 10.07.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-23 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl-downloads - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage Ghostscript is a long-running interpreter and conversion engine for PostScript and PDF files, with related GhostPDL components for other page description languages. ### Project history Ghostscript dates to the late 1980s: the official version history lists Ghostscript 1.0 on August 11, 1988, followed by early 1.x releases in 1989. The documentation describes the core product as a PostScript interpreter layer paired with a graphics library. The project grew from a PostScript interpreter into the Ghostscript/GhostPDL family. Official documentation describes GhostPDF, GhostPCL, GhostXPS, and GhostPDL as related products sharing the Ghostscript graphics library, while Artifex documents a newer C-based PDF interpreter and the commercial Ghostscript Enterprise line. ### Adoption history Ghostscript became infrastructure for Unix printing, document conversion, prepress, archiving, and server-side PDF workflows. The project website describes uses in printers, multifunction devices, raster image processors, document management systems, PDF generation tools, and cloud printing. ### How it is used Practitioners usually encounter Ghostscript through the `gs` executable or helper commands such as `ps2pdf`. Common workflows include rendering PostScript or PDF to images, converting PostScript to PDF, selecting output devices, compressing or optimizing PDF files, and embedding the engine through an SDK. ### Why package nerds care Package nerds care about Ghostscript because it is one of the classic pieces of document-processing plumbing: a package that quietly enables print filters, TeX and publishing toolchains, image conversion, PDF generation, and archival pipelines across many operating systems. ### Timeline - 1988: Ghostscript 1.0 released. - 1989: Ghostscript 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 released. - 2010: Ghostscript 9.00 released. - 2022: Ghostscript 10.00.0 released. ### Related projects - Related Artifex projects and product names include GhostPDF, GhostPCL, GhostXPS, GhostPDL, MuPDF, and Ghostscript Enterprise. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes generalized runtime or code generation signal. - **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium - generalized runtime or code generation signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** ghostscript - **Aliases:** gs - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Conflicts With:** gambit-scheme, gerbil-scheme - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - ghostscript - 10.05.1~dfsg-1+deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: ghostscript from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF | https://www.ghostscript.com/ - Debian apt - ghostscript-doc - 10.05.1~dfsg-1+deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: ghostscript-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - Documentation | https://www.ghostscript.com/ - Debian apt - libgs-common - 10.05.1~dfsg-1+deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libgs-common from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - ICC profiles | https://www.ghostscript.com/ - Debian apt - libgs-dev - 10.05.1~dfsg-1+deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libgs-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - Development Files | https://www.ghostscript.com/ - Debian apt - libgs10 - 10.05.1~dfsg-1+deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libgs10 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - Library | https://www.ghostscript.com/ - Debian apt - libgs10-common - 10.05.1~dfsg-1+deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libgs10-common from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - common files | https://www.ghostscript.com/ - Nix - ghostscript: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gh/ghostscript/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - ghostscript - 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ghostscript from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF | https://www.ghostscript.com/ - Ubuntu apt - ghostscript-doc - 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ghostscript-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - Documentation | https://www.ghostscript.com/ - Ubuntu apt - libgs-common - 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgs-common from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - ICC profiles | https://www.ghostscript.com/ - Ubuntu apt - libgs-dev - 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgs-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - Development Files | https://www.ghostscript.com/ - Ubuntu apt - libgs10 - 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgs10 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - Library | https://www.ghostscript.com/ - Ubuntu apt - libgs10-common - 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgs10-common from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - common files | https://www.ghostscript.com/ - apk - ghostscript - 10.07.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ghostscript from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF | https://ghostscript.com/ - apk - ghostscript-dbg - 10.07.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ghostscript-dbg from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF (debug symbols) | https://ghostscript.com/ - apk - ghostscript-dev - 10.07.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ghostscript-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF (development files) | https://ghostscript.com/ ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [fontconfig](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fontconfig/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [freetype](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/freetype/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [jbig2dec](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jbig2dec/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [jpeg-turbo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jpeg-turbo/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [leptonica](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/leptonica/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [libarchive](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libarchive/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [libidn](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libidn/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [libpng](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libpng/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [asymptote](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/asymptote/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [djvu2pdf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/djvu2pdf/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [dvisvgm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dvisvgm/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [epstool](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/epstool/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [fig2dev](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fig2dev/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [groff](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/groff/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [imagemagick-full](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/imagemagick-full/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [lanraragi](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lanraragi/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [psutils](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/psutils/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, document-processing, media, pdf, postscript. - [md2pdf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/md2pdf/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, document-conversion, media, pdf. - [paps](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/paps/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, document-conversion, media, postscript, printing. - [poster](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/poster/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, postscript, printing. - [ps2eps](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ps2eps/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, document-conversion, media, pdf, postscript. - [pstoedit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pstoedit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, document-conversion, media, pdf, postscript. - [unpaper](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/unpaper/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, document-processing, media. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ghostscript.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/ghostscript.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph