This article explains how to install GhostScript as a N0C user.
GhostScript is used to convert jpg and pdf files. Many WordPress webmasters need to use it.
Procedure
Step 1 — Connect in SSH
As the rest of the operations will be carried out in SSH, please see how to create an SSH key and connect to an account remotely.
Step 2 — Installation
Here are the terminal commands:
###downloading:###
wget https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl-downloads/releases/download/gs950/ghostscript-9.50.tar.gz
##uncompress:##
tar -xvf ghostscript-9.50.tar.gz
## move in the directory: ###
cd ghostscript-9.50
##Ghostscript configuration for local account:##
./configure --prefix=$HOME/ghostscript
##Compilation and installation :##
make
make install
##Update PATH and libraries :##
export PATH=$HOME/ghostscript/bin:$PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/ghostscript/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH