[fptex] HELP INSTALLING PACKAGE!

LUK ShunTim ShunTim.Luk at polyu.edu.hk
Mon Jul 21 11:53:45 CEST 2003


Lawrence F. Waldman wrote:
> Hello, I just began to use latex, and am having a horrible time getting
> fpTex installed and working correctly.
> 
> I have it finally installed, and it works with basic files.  I am using
> winEdt to edit my files.
> 
> 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.

I know nothing about gastex but gsdll32.dll is part of ghostscript. Is 
it installed or on your path?

Regards,
ST
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