3.6. Dvips, Ghostscript and ImageMagik

You'll need dvips for the creation of the PostScript®[1] format. You will need Ghostscript for the creation of thumbnails for PDF (see Section 3.7), as well as for various conversions of your images (see Section 4.9), where ImageMagik will also play a central role:

• dvips[2]

• ghostscript

• xdvi[3]

• ghostview (package gv-3.5.8-718)

The latter two programs are previewer for files in Dvi and PostScript® format. If you don't know what a dvi-file is, you've probably also never worked with LaTeX and should read the Tutorial document before proceeding further.