[l2h] Installing latex2html with latest distros

[Nasser M. Abbasi]

On 11/18/2010 1:26 AM, Adin Ramirez Rivera wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I'd been trying to install latex2html with the latest distributions but I
> cannot succeed.
> I'm under a windows XP, using latex2html-2008 version, MiKTex2.8, GnuWin32
> Netpbm 10.27.0, and GS8.54 (I tried with others too). However, I always get
> errors and the images are not generated.
>
> I got an error from the pnmcrop file
>
> checking for pnmcrop... C:\texutils\GnuWin32\bin\pnmcrop.exe
>> Argument "10.27.0" isn't numeric in numeric gt (>) at config\config.plline 1284
>> .
>> C:\texutils\GnuWin32\bin\pnmcrop.exe -verbose yes
>>
> However, I could fix this one (I guess) by modifying the config.pl file,
> updating the versions because they do not support 3 digits versions.
> Then I have a lot of missing files from netpbm
>
>     - pnmflip (I think this one is creating troubles for the pictures because
>     it prompts this warning: "Warning: You may need to rely on LaTeX to generate
>     images with  effects."
>     - ppmquant
>     - picttoppm
>
> I read somewhere that some files are depreciated now. What can I do? Any
> suggestions?
> I tried several tutorials and other previous step from several people
> without success.
> Hope to read you soon.
>
>

I do not remember seeing the above error myself. I also have
windows 7, and latex2html-2008 version and MiKTex2.8.

I can only suggest to look at my report on the installation:

http://12000.org/my_notes/l2hwin/index.htm

and make sure all the steps you did are ok. Most of the problems
with l2h are due to configuration issues, software versions mismatch,
and such.

This is all what I can suggest at this time, may be some one else
can have better advice.

good luck,
--Nasser