[tex-live] texlive under ubuntu cannot find proper .bb file for png image file

[Jin Huang]

Thank Zdenek and Robin :)

According to the solution of this problem, the possible reason is that 
the latex in MikTeX as some default graphics rules which associates .bb 
file with bitmaps, but the latex in TexLive (texlive2008-20080822) not.

Your comments give me much knowledge about tex, and thank you again!

Best regards,

Jin

Robin Fairbairns written:
> Zdenek Wagner <zdenek.wagner at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 2009/7/31 Jin Huang <hj at cad.zju.edu.cn>:
>>> I just switched from WinXP+MikTeX to ubuntu+TexLive. I have a latex document
>>> which can be correctly compiled into dvi previously.  However, it doesn't
>>> work now.
>>>
>> Please, remember that neither TeX nor LaTeX itself can include any
>> graphics. TeX was not programmed to do it. you can only use a macro
>> package that gets somehow some information about your image and puts
>> \special with appropriate parameters so that some device driver can
>> understand it and include in the output. Pdftex was extended so that
>> it can directly include PDF, JPG and PNG. It can read the dimensions
>> directly from the file, it is not necessary to use other tools to get
>> the bounding box. If you wish to use something else than pdftex, you
>> have to select dvi driver that is capable of inserting PNG and a macro
>> package that can write an appropriate \special. I do not know about
>> such a driver (maybe dvipdfm but I do not know it well). Or you have
>> to convert the image to a format known by the driver that you wish to
>> use.
> 
> \exists a package that may be compiled into dvips to have it include
> bitmaps, using an appropriate \special.  this package isn't present in
> tex live, but obviously is in miktex (i _think_ i knew that).
> 
> thus, if jin huang wants to continue using bitmaps in his dvips output,
> he needs either to revert to miktex, or to use one of the bitmap->eps
> packages that exist (i don't recall which are available in tex live, if
> any).
> 
> robin
> 
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