Role Name

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Ansible role to install GhostScript

Requirements

None

Role Variables

Here’s a list of variables you can set for this role:

• gs_major_version: 9
  The major version number of GhostScript.

• gs_minor_version: 21
  The minor version number of GhostScript.

• gs_archive: "ghostscript-{{ gs_major_version }}.{{ gs_minor_version }}"
  The name of the GhostScript archive file.

• gs_archive_checksum:
  The SHA256 checksum for the GhostScript archive.

• gs_archive_dir: "/tmp/{{ gs_archive }}.tar.gz"
  The directory to download the GhostScript archive.

• gs_unarchive_dir: "/tmp/{{ gs_archive }}"
  The directory where the GhostScript archive will be unzipped.

• gs_fonts_install: false
  Set this to true if you want to install GhostScript fonts.

• gs_fonts_download_url: "https://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/project/gs-fonts/gs-fonts/8.11%20%28base%2035%2C%20GPL%29/ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11.tar.gz"
  The URL to download GhostScript fonts.

• gs_fonts_archive: ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11.tar.gz
  The name of the GhostScript fonts archive.

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

Here’s an example of how to use this role, with variables passed in:

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - { role: kh-eek.ghostscript }

License

BSD

Author Information

Sida Say (sidasay@kheek.com)