[fptex] HELP INSTALLING PACKAGE!

[Fabrice Popineau]

> I have it finally installed, and it works with basic files.  I am
> using winEdt to edit my files.

Great.

> Anyway, I want to use the package gastex (used for graphinh and
> illustrations -- availible at:
> www.liafa.jussieu.fr/~gastin/gastex/gastex.html).

> From that website I get a .sty and a .pro.  I put the .sty into a
> gastex
> folder under texmf/tex/latex/ and the pro into texmf/dvips/base/ (I
> also tried putting it with the .sty).

> When I try to use latex with a file that uses gastex, it looks to
> compile fine, but when I go to look at the dvi, winDvi comes up with
> an error message saying: initGS: Can't find gsdll32.dll.  But I only
> get this error when I try to use gastex.

You need to install ghostscript. This can be done by downloading it from
its web site (http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/) or from your menu
Start -> Programs -> TeXLive -> Maintenance -> Add package
Check 'Enable Internet Download'
then look into the tree of choices for win32-support/ghostscript and
proceed.

Fabrice