[pstricks] A problem with "pstricks.tex"

[Hendri Adriaens]

> I am using the Windows 2000 system, and a WinEdt + Miktex +
> gstools package,
> There are all installed under the D:\CTEX directory.
> I have downloaded "teTeX-texmf-1.0.tar.gz" file from TUG and copied the
> "pstricks"  directory to "D:\CTEX\MiKTeX\LocalTeXMF\tex\latex",
> I also copied the  "pstricks(.pro)"  directory to
> "D:\CTEX\MiKTeX\LocalTeXMF\dvips".

Remove all those files, use miktex package manager to install the necessary
pstricks files and update your filename database.

> Then I tried a sample file with "\usepackage{pstcol}" in the

Don't use pstcol!
http://tug.org/PSTricks

-> number 2 on the frequently done errors list

-Hendri.