[pstricks] Example for pdftricks does not work

[Paul Smith]

Dear All

I am trying the example given at

http://www.pstricks.de/pdf/pdfoutput.phtml

for the package pdftricks. However, I get the error indicated below.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,

Paul

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[psmith at localhost Desktop]$ pdflatex --shell-escape herbert1.tex
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159-1.10b (Web2C 7.4.5)
 \write18 enabled.
(./herbert1.tex{/usr/share/texmf/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg}
LaTeX2e <2003/12/01>
Babel <v3.8c> and hyphenation patterns for american, french, german, ngerman, b
asque, italian, portuges, russian, spanish, nohyphenation, loaded.
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/koma-script/scrartcl.cls
Document Class: scrartcl 2003/01/31 v2.9n LaTeX2e KOMA document class
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/koma-script/scrlfile.sty
Package scrlfile, 2003/01/31 v2.9n LaTeX2e KOMA package
                  Copyright (C) Markus Kohm

) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/size11.clo)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/koma-script/typearea.sty
Package typearea, 2003/01/31 v2.9n LaTeX2e KOMA package
                  Copyright (C) Frank Neukam, 1992-1994
                  Copyright (C) Markus Kohm, 1994-2002

)) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/inputenc.sty
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/ansinew.def))
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/babel/babel.sty
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/babel/ngermanb.ldf
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/babel/babel.def)))
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/ae/ae.sty
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/fontenc.sty
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/t1enc.def)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/ae/t1aer.fd)))
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/amsmath/amsmath.sty
For additional information on amsmath, use the `?' option.
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/amsmath/amstext.sty
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/amsmath/amsgen.sty))
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/amsmath/amsbsy.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/amsmath/amsopn.sty))
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/graphicx.sty
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/keyval.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/graphics.sty
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/trig.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/config/graphics.cfg)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/pdftex.def)))
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/color.sty
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/config/color.cfg))
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/textcomp.sty
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/ts1enc.def))
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/tools/calc.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/pdftricks/pdftricks.sty

Package pdftricks Warning: ****************************************
(pdftricks)                Package pdftricks v,1.16 loaded
(pdftricks)                [psTricks support in PDF (CVR, ACL)]
(pdftricks)                ****************************************.


Package pdftricks Warning: ****************************************
(pdftricks)                Using \write 18 capability
(pdftricks)                for producing PDF-figures.
(pdftricks)                ****************************************.

(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/misc/moreverb.sty
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/tools/verbatim.sty))))
Runaway argument?
! File ended while scanning use of \next.
<inserted text>
                \par
<*> herbert1.tex

?