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2 Installation
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Installing Dvips is mostly the same as installing any Kpathsea-using
program.  Therefore, for the basic steps involved, Note:
(kpathsea)Installation.

   For solutions to common installation problems and information on how
to report a bug, see the file 'kpathsea/BUGS' (Note: (kpathsea)Bugs).
For solutions to Dvips-specific problems, Note: Debug options.  Also
see the Dvips home page at <http://www.radicaleye.com/dvips>.

   Dvips does require some additional installation, detailed in the
sections below.  Also, to configure color devices, Note: Color device
configuration.

config.ps installation

Printer and site Dvips configuration.

PostScript font installation

Many PostScript fonts are freely available.

Ghostscript installation

A free PostScript interpreter.

Diagnosing problems

Some common runtime difficulties.