[OS X TeX] Beamer error

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Jan 19, 2022, at 9:28 AM, Themis Matsoukas via MacOSX-TeX <macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu> wrote:
> 
> I reformatted my laptop and installed TeXLive 2021. Now when I run beamer I get
> 
> /Users/themis/Library/texmf/tex/latex/config/epstopdf.cfg:1: Undefined control 
> sequence.
> \ETE at prepend ->\PrependGraphicsExtensions 
>                                          {.eps}
> l.1 ...up{update,prepend,prefersuffix=false,suffix=}
> 
> The offending file contains the single command
> 
> \epstopdfsetup{update,prepend,prefersuffix=false,suffix=}
> 
> I did not have this problem before reformatting. I was running however an older texlive installation (can’t remember which).
> 
> Themis

Howdy,

It appears that you have a epstopdf.cfg in your personal tree. After updating to a newer version of TeX Live you should remove files in your personal tree that were put there to `fix' problems in your old system.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
herbs at wideopenwest.com


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