ghostscript

[Alex Morris]

Actually, rpmfind.net is where I got the idea that ghostscript contains
dvipdfm.  My search for dvipdfm came up with the ghostscript RPM and I
downloaded the RPM from rpmfind.net.

As a final update on my LaTeX saga, I decided to do as Jordan suggested and
give the tarball a shot.  I had tried this on FreeBSD and it died (can't
remember why) so I never thought to try it no Mandrake, assuming that I'd
get the same problems.  I did a "./configure" and then a "make" and all was
good with the world.  dvipdfm now works on my Mandrake install.  Now, to go
nuke FreeBSD as it has proven to be an evil OS...

Thanks!
- Alex Morris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean" <picasso@madflower.com>
To: "Alex Morris" <egore100@hotmail.com>
Cc: "Greater Lansing Linux Users' Group" <linux-user@egr.msu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 11:46 AM
Subject: Re: ghostscript


> Did you try rpmfind.net ?
>
>
> On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Alex Morris wrote:
>
> > Alright, the good news is that using the "--nodeps" flag allowed me to
> > install ghostscript and the fonts RPM (well, once I installed
ghostscript, I
> > didn't need --nodeps to install the fonts RPM).  The bad news, though,
is
> > that Ben was right, no dvipdf (or dvipdfm).  I decided to look around
the
> > 'Net to find a package for dvipdfm and I found
> > http://gaspra.kettering.edu/dvipdfm/ -- apparently the "official"
dvipdfm
> > page.  Of course, the link to the RPM is broken and it's on an HTTP
server,
> > not FTP, so I can't check to see if it's just a typo...
> >
> > So, back to square 1, where in the heck do I go to get dvipdfm in an RPM
> > package???
> >
> > - Alex Morris
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ben Pfaff" <pfaffben@msu.edu>
> > To: "Alex Morris" <egore100@hotmail.com>
> > Cc: "Greater Lansing Linux Users' Group" <linux-user@egr.msu.edu>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 6:59 PM
> > Subject: Re: ghostscript
> >
> >
> > > "Alex Morris" <egore100@hotmail.com> writes:
> > >
> > > > This is what happens when I try to install it:
> > > >
> > > > [root@egore RPMS]# rpm -i ghostscript-5.10-17mdk.i586.rpm=20
> > > > error: failed dependencies:
> > > >  ghostscript-fonts is needed by ghostscript-5.10-17mdk
> > > > [root@egore RPMS]# rpm -i ghostscript-fonts-5.10-6mdk.noarch.rpm=20
> > > > error: failed dependencies:
> > > >  ghostscript is needed by ghostscript-fonts-5.10-6mdk
> > > > [root@egore RPMS]#
> > >
> > > I know almost nothing about rpm.  But, by analogy with dpkg, try:
> > > rpm -i ghostscript-5.10-17mdk.i586.rpm
> > ghostscript-fonts-5.10-6mdk.noarch.rpm
> > > and see what you get.
> > >
> > > > So, my question is, what's going on?  And, is there a different
> > > > way for me to get dvipdf ?
> > >
> > > At least on Debian, gs doesn't include dvipdf, it's in a separate
> > > and mostly unrelated package named dvipdfm.
> > > --
> > > "You know, they probably have special dorms for people like us."
> > > --American Pie
> > >
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