What is "ghostscript"?

This is purely for downloads, please check the website for full information

How to use this package

Quick install

Installs the package into the current environment for this session. Use --build or --runtime to persist it as a build-time or runtime dependency.

min add ghostscript

Declare as a task dependency in minimal.toml

Listing the package under tasks.<name>.packages makes it available inside that task’s sandbox.

[tasks.dev]
packages = ["ghostscript"]

Build-time vs runtime

Choose build-time for tools needed during compilation, runtime for dynamic libraries loaded at runtime.

min add --build ghostscript
min add --runtime ghostscript

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Dependencies (10)

Dependencies
Name	Version	Kind
base	—	build
freetype	2.15.0	runtime
glibc	2.44	runtime
lcms2	2.19.1	runtime
libjpeg-turbo CVE:1	3.1.4.1	runtime
libpng CVE:1	1.6.59	runtime
make	4.4.1	build
openjpeg CVE:2	2.5.4	runtime
pkgconf	3.0.5	build
toolchain	—	build

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Security advisories for this package
	Status	IDs	Package	Version	Severity	Published
Critical (0)
High (3)
	Status	IDs	Package	Version	Severity	Published
	Affected: 1.3.2	CVE-2026-85091	zlib	1.3.2	High	2 months ago
Summary zlib 1.3.1.2 through 1.3.2 Heap Buffer Overflow via gz_vacate Via libpng zlib Affected ranges 1.3.2 References Advisory: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/85xxx/CVE-2026-85091.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85091, https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/zlib-1.3.1.2-through-1.3.2-heap-buffer-overflow-via-gz-vacate Evidence: https://gist.github.com/thesmartshadow/e0b9481792afb7c31e86fee1ff084490 PACKAGE: https://github.com/madler/zlib ARTICLE: https://github.com/madler/zlib/blob/v1.3.2/gzwrite.c#L393
	Under investigation	GHSA-g84c-rxfj-3j2c CVE-2026-76844	zlib	1.3 – 1.3.2	High	2 months ago
Summary zlib 1.2.11 through 1.3.2 Heap Buffer Overflow via Stale gzwrite Pointer After Failed Write Via libpng zlib Affected ranges 1.3 – 1.3.2 References Advisory: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/76xxx/CVE-2026-76844.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76844, https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/zlib-1.3.1.2-through-1.3.2-heap-buffer-overflow-via-gz-vacate Fix: https://github.com/madler/zlib/commit/df84af25dc1942490e1d1c899a07619152a46148 Evidence: https://gist.github.com/thesmartshadow/e0b9481792afb7c31e86fee1ff084490 PACKAGE: https://github.com/madler/zlib ARTICLE: https://github.com/madler/zlib/blob/v1.3.2/gzwrite.c#L393
	Affected: 2.5.4	OSV-2025-219	openjpeg	2.5.3 – 2.5.4	High	2 years ago
Summary Heap-buffer-overflow in opj_j2k_read_tile_header Via openjpeg Affected ranges 2.5.3 – 2.5.4 References Report: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=403673832
Medium (1)
	Status	IDs	Package	Version	Severity	Published
	Under investigation	GHSA-c4v6-gxrq-6g2x CVE-2026-40930	libpng	1.6.53 – 1.6.59	Medium: 5.4	5 months ago
Summary LIBPNG: Chunk smuggling in push-mode APNG parser via unconsumed chunk body Via libpng Affected ranges 1.6.53 – 1.6.59 CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L References Advisory: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/40xxx/CVE-2026-40930.json, https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/security/advisories/GHSA-c4v6-gxrq-6g2x, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40930 Fix: https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/commit/faf06924688b62d7c1654b5ceddedbde66ffadb4 Web: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/15/21
Low (2)
	Status	IDs	Package	Version	Severity	Published
	Affected: 3.1.4.1	OSV-2026-1068	libjpeg-turbo	3.1.4 – 3.1.4.1	Low	3 months ago
Summary UNKNOWN READ in jpeg_abort Via libjpeg-turbo Affected ranges 3.1.4 – 3.1.4.1 References Report: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=537793912
	Under investigation	CVE-2026-6192	openjpeg	2.5.2 – 2.5.4	Low	7 months ago
Summary uclouvain openjpeg pi.c opj_pi_initialise_encode integer overflow Via openjpeg Affected ranges 2.5.2 – 2.5.4 References Advisory: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/6xxx/CVE-2026-6192.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6192, https://vuldb.com/submit/797385, https://vuldb.com/vuln/357114 Fix: https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/839936aa33eb8899bbbd80fda02796bb65068951, https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/pull/1628 Report: https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1619, https://vuldb.com/vuln/357114/cti Web: https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/05/msg00038.html
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63 components

Software Bill of Materials — every package this build depends on
Packages	Version	Repository	License
ghostscriptROOT	10.08.0	github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl-downloads	AGPL-3.0-only
acl	2.4.0	https://storage.googleapis.com/minimal-staging-archives/acl-2.4.0.tar.xzMIRROR	(GPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-only)
attr	2.6.0	https://storage.googleapis.com/minimal-staging-archives/attr-2.6.0.tar.gzMIRROR	(GPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-only)
autoconf	2.73	www.gnu.org/software/autoconf	GPL-3.0-or-later WITH Autoconf-exception-3.0
automake	1.18.1	www.gnu.org/software/automake	GPL-2.0-only
bash	5.3	www.gnu.org/software/bash	GPL-3.0-only
bash-bootstrap	5.3	www.gnu.org/software/bash	GPL-3.0-only
binutils	2.47	www.gnu.org/software/binutils	(GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-3.0-only AND LGPL-2.0-only)
bison	3.8.2	www.gnu.org/software/bison	GPL-3.0-only
bzip2	1.0.8	github.com/libarchive/bzip2	bzip2-1.0.6
cmake	4.4.4	github.com/Kitware/CMake	BSD-3-Clause
coreutils	9.12	www.gnu.org/software/coreutils	GPL-3.0-only
curl	8.23.0	github.com/curl/curl	curl
diffutils	3.12	www.gnu.org/software/diffutils	GPL-3.0-only
expat	2.9.0	github.com/libexpat/libexpat	MIT
file	5.48	https://storage.googleapis.com/minimal-staging-archives/file-5.48.tar.gzMIRROR	BSD-2-Clause-Darwin
findutils	4.11.0	www.gnu.org/software/findutils	GPL-3.0-only
flex	2.6.4	github.com/westes/flex	BSD-3-Clause-flex
freetype	2.15.0	https://storage.googleapis.com/minimal-staging-archives/freetype-2.15.0.tar.xzMIRROR	FTL OR GPL-2.0-or-later
gawk	5.4.1	www.gnu.org/software/gawk	GPL-3.0-only
gawk-bootstrap	5.4.1	www.gnu.org/software/gawk	GPL-3.0-only
gcc	15.2.0	www.gnu.org/software/gcc	(GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-3.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-only)
gdbm	1.26	www.gnu.org/software/gdbm	GPL-3.0-only
glibc	2.44	www.gnu.org/software/glibc	(GPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-only)
gmp	6.3.0	www.gnu.org/software/gmp	LGPL-3.0-or-later OR GPL-2.0-or-later
grep	3.12	www.gnu.org/software/grep	GPL-3.0-only
gzip	1.15	www.gnu.org/software/gzip	GPL-3.0-only
lcms2	2.19.1	github.com/mm2/Little-CMS	MIT
libcap	2.78	https://storage.googleapis.com/minimal-staging-archives/libcap-2.78.tar.xzMIRROR	BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0-only
libffi	3.8.0	github.com/libffi/libffi	MIT
libidn2	2.3.8	www.gnu.org/software/libidn2	GPL-3.0-or-later AND (GPL-2.0-or-later OR LGPL-3.0-or-later)
libjpeg-turbo	3.1.4.1	github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo	IJG AND BSD-3-Clause AND Zlib
libpng	1.6.59	github.com/pnggroup/libpng	libpng-2.0
libpsl	0.23.3	github.com/rockdaboot/libpsl	MIT
libtool	2.6.2	www.gnu.org/software/libtool	GPL-2.0-only
libunistring	1.4.2	www.gnu.org/software/libunistring	GPL-3.0-only
libuv	1.53.0	github.com/libuv/libuv	MIT
linux_headers	6.12.43	github.com/torvalds/linux	GPL-2.0-only WITH Linux-syscall-note
lz4	1.10.0	github.com/lz4/lz4	BSD-2-Clause AND GPL-2.0-or-later
m4	1.4.21	www.gnu.org/software/m4	GPL-3.0-only
make	4.4.1	www.gnu.org/software/make	GPL-3.0-only
meson	1.12.0	github.com/mesonbuild/meson	Apache-2.0
mpc	1.4.1	www.gnu.org/software/mpc	LGPL-3.0-or-later
mpfr	4.2.2	www.gnu.org/software/mpfr	GPL-3.0-only
ncurses	6.6	www.gnu.org/software/ncurses	X11-distribute-modifications-variant
ninja	1.13.2	github.com/ninja-build/ninja	Apache-2.0
openjpeg	2.5.4	github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg	BSD-2-Clause
openssl	3.6.5	github.com/openssl/openssl	Apache-2.0
patch	2.8.1	www.gnu.org/software/patch	GPL-3.0-only
pcre2	10.49	github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2	BSD-3-Clause WITH PCRE2-exception
perl	5.44.0	github.com/Perl/perl5	Artistic-1.0-Perl OR GPL-1.0-or-later
pkgconf	3.0.5	github.com/pkgconf/pkgconf	ISC
python	3.14.10	github.com/python/cpython	Python-2.0.1
readline	8.3	www.gnu.org/software/readline	GPL-3.0-only
sed	4.10	www.gnu.org/software/sed	GPL-3.0-only
setuptools	84.2.1	github.com/pypa/setuptools	MIT
sqlite	3.54.0	github.com/sqlite/sqlite	blessing
tar	1.35	www.gnu.org/software/tar	GPL-3.0-only
tzdata	2026e	github.com/eggert/tz	LicenseRef-Public-Domain
util-linux	2.42.4	github.com/util-linux/util-linux	GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND BSD-3-Clause
xz	5.8.4	github.com/tukaani-project/xz	(0BSD AND GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-3.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-only)
zlib	1.3.2	github.com/madler/zlib	Zlib
zstd	1.5.7	github.com/facebook/zstd	BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0-only

ghostscript

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