How to convert PS/EPS file into JPG image on Linux

Last updated on July 4, 2020 by Dan Nanni

If you want to convert a PostScript (PS) or an Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) file into JPG format on Linux, you can use ghostscript.

To install ghostscript on Ubuntu or Debian:

$ sudo apt-get install ghostscript

To install ghostscript on CentOS, RHEL or Fedora:

$ sudo yum install ghostscript

To convert PS or EPS file to JPG format using ghostscript, run the following command.

$ gs -sDEVICE=jpeg -dJPEGQ=100 -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dSAFER -r300 -sOutputFile=output.jpg input.eps

If you want to resize or rotate the generated a JPG image file, you can use ImageMagick. A command-line utility called mogrify contained in ImageMagick package can do necessary image transformation.

To install ImageMagick on Ubuntu or Debian:

$ sudo apt-get install imagemagick

To install ImageMagick on CentOS, RHEL or Fedora:

$ sudo yum install ImageMagick

Once ImageMagick is installed, run mogrify command to resize and rotate an image.

$ mogrify -trim -resize 800x600 -rotate 90 myfile.jpg

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