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How can I generate a PDF from a *.tex file in Slackware 14.2?

I am using the following command

Code:

texi2pdf dummy.tex

to create a PDF from a *.tex file, which was created from 'GeoGebra' by "export->graphics view as pstricks".
However, it always throws several errors (see below) and the resulting PDF is corrupted/incomplete. I have added /usr/share/texmf/bin to my PATH variable and installed the 'texlive' package from slackbuilds.org. It still does not build properly.

Is there some additional configuration that I need to do or some additional package that needs to be installed?

Addtional information:

The content of the tex file

Code:

\documentclass[10pt]{article}

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\usepackage{pstricks-add}

\pagestyle{empty}

\begin{document}

\psset{xunit=1.0cm,yunit=1.0cm,algebraic=true,dimen=middle,dotstyle=o,dotsize=5pt 0,linewidth=0.8pt,arrowsize=3pt 2,arrowinset=0.25}

\begin{pspicture*}(-12.49984777440859,-11.265342340794472)(28.03951999775536,19.802881102297736)

\multips(0,-11)(0,5.0){7}{\psline[linestyle=dashed,linecap=1,dash=1.5pt 1.5pt,linewidth=0.4pt,linecolor=lightgray]{c-c}(-12.5,0)(28.0,0)}

\multips(-12,0)(5.0,0){9}{\psline[linestyle=dashed,linecap=1,dash=1.5pt 1.5pt,linewidth=0.4pt,linecolor=lightgray]{c-c}(0,-11.265342340794472)(0,19.802881102297736)}

\psaxes[labelFontSize=\scriptstyle,xAxis=true,yAxis=true,Dx=5.,Dy=5.,ticksize=-2pt 0,subticks=2]{->}(0,0)(-12.49984777440859,-11.265342340794472)(28.03951999775536,19.802881102297736)

\psline{->}(0.,0.)(3.,3.)

\psline{->}(3.,3.)(6.44,3.26)

\psline{->}(6.44,3.26)(0.96,5.86)

\psplot[linestyle=dashed,dash=17pt 17pt]{-12.49984777440859}{28.03951999775536}{(--40.59956282946034-7.020271276268703*x)/9.106684230332956}

\begin{scriptsize}

\psdots[dotsize=3pt 0,dotstyle=*,linecolor=darkgray](0.,0.)

\rput[bl](0.27184685115810553,0.43008588374139306){\darkgray{$A$}}

\psdots[dotstyle=*,linecolor=blue](3.,3.)

\rput[bl](3.285392774044629,3.730636180236177){\blue{$B$}}

\rput[bl](1.2763621587869467,1.7216055649784825){$u$}

\psdots[dotstyle=*,linecolor=blue](6.44,3.26)

\rput[bl](6.729445257343513,3.9458894604423587){\blue{$C$}}

\rput[bl](4.64866354868377,3.443631806627935){$v$}

\psdots[dotstyle=*,linecolor=blue](0.96,5.86)

\rput[bl](1.2763621587869467,6.600679916318598){\blue{$D$}}

\rput[bl](3.572397147652869,4.376396020854722){$w$}

\psdots[dotstyle=*,linecolor=blue](-2.,6.)

\rput[bl](-1.7371837640995769,6.74418210312272){\blue{$E$}}

\psdots[dotstyle=*,linecolor=blue](7.106684230332957,-1.020271276268703)

\rput[bl](7.375205097962054,-0.2874250502792122){\blue{$F$}}

\rput[bl](-12.141092307398289,12.4125184818855){$f$}

\end{scriptsize}

\end{pspicture*}

\end{document}

and the first error is:

Code:

...

(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pst-math/pst-math.tex

`pst-math' v0.64 , (CJ,hv)) `pstricks-add' v3.87, 2019/01/12 (dr,hv))

 v1.91, 2018/08/31 (tvz,hv)))

(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pst-node/pst-node.sty

(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pst-node/pst-node.tex))

(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pst-3d/pst-3d.sty

(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pst-3d/pst-3d.tex))

(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pst-math/pst-math.sty

(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pst-calculate/pst-calculate.sty

(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3packages/xparse/xparse.sty

(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3kernel/expl3.sty

(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3kernel/expl3-code.tex)

(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3kernel/l3pdfmode.def)))

(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/siunitx/siunitx.sty

(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/amstext.sty

(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/amsgen.sty))

(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tools/array.sty)

(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3packages/l3keys2e/l3keys2e.sty)

(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/translator/translator.sty)))

(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/oberdiek/ifluatex.sty)

(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xstring/xstring.sty

(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xstring/xstring.tex))

(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pst-math/pst-math.tex))

(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pstricks-add/pstricks-add.tex))

(/home/user/workspace/shell/subdir/dummy.aux)

(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/mkii/supp-pdf.mkii

[Loading MPS to PDF converter (version 2006.09.02).]

) (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/ts1enc.dfu)

(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/translator/translator-basic-dictionary-English

.dict) (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/siunitx/siunitx-abbreviations.cfg)

./dummy.tex:8: Undefined control sequence.

\c@lor@to@ps ->\PSTricks 

                        _Not_Configured_For_This_Format

l.8 ...linecolor=lightgray]{c-c}(-12.5,0)(28.0,0)}

?                                                  



./dummy.tex:8: Undefined control sequence.

\XC@usec@lor ...string \color@ #1#2\endcsname \@@ 

                                                  \fi \space 

l.8 ...linecolor=lightgray]{c-c}(-12.5,0)(28.0,0)}

                                                  

?

It goes on for a while with similar errors. I have to hit 'Enter' after every '?' to continue.

EDIT: very tired, read that as txt to pdf

Here you go, what I do:

Code:

enscript -p out.ps in.txt

ps2pdf out.ps out.pdf

[QUOTE=crts;6082658]I am using the following command

Code:

texi2pdf dummy.tex

Since the input file is a latex file, you should use
the following command:

Code:

pdflatex dummy.tex

Quote:

Originally Posted by vonbiber (Post 6082727)

Quote:

Originally Posted by crts (Post 6082658)

I am using the following command

Code:

texi2pdf dummy.tex

Since the input file is a latex file, you should use
the following command:

Code:

pdflatex dummy.tex

Indeed. texi2pdf is meant to process texi files (e. g. the GNU manuals you can find in /usr/info), not latex. To process latex, you need texlive.

Quote:

Originally Posted by vonbiber (Post 6082727)

Since the input file is a latex file, you should use
the following command:

Code:

pdflatex dummy.tex

Quote:

Originally Posted by NonNonBa (Post 6082760)

Indeed. texi2pdf is meant to process texi files (e. g. the GNU manuals you can find in /usr/info), not latex. To process latex, you need texlive.

'texi2pdf' is a script which does call 'pdflatex' eventually, however, I also tried running 'pdflatex' directly. The result is still the same. I installed texlive, texlive-extra and texlive-docs but it is still not building correctly.

Is anyone able to correctly build the above sample? This way I would at least know if it is only an issue on my side.

I have the full suite of texlive software installed on my laptop and tried making a PDF from your tex sample with pdflatex. I get undefined control sequence errors here too. I usually use tikz and pgfplots for arrows/lines/graphs in my PDF files and haven't used the "pstricks" package before so I'm not sure if your syntax is correct.

this is your pdf image when i ran your.tex latex2html

@ captain_sensible: Thats the same thing that pdflatex spits out for me after all the errors.

Quote:

Originally Posted by crts (Post 6082790)

'texi2pdf' is a script which does call 'pdflatex' eventually, however.

Indeed. I've learned something today. :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by crts (Post 6082790)

'texi2pdf' is a script which does call 'pdflatex' eventually,
Is anyone able to correctly build the above sample? This way I would at least know if it is only an issue on my side.

OK. I think it's purely LaTeX related. The pstricks-add documentation says you need pstricks to use it, which is not in your preamble.

Seems it can't be done with pdflatex, and the issue seems to be specific to PSTricks. See here for reference:
http://tug.org/PSTricks/main.cgi?file=pdf/pdfoutput

I tried their method of using

Code:

latex <file>.tex

dvips <file>.dvi

ps2pdf <file>.ps

and got a PDF file that had your plot on it, although it didn't fit on the page properly. There's still some errors regarding out of bounds boxes.

Using the triple 'latex', 'dvips' and 'ps2pdf' builds it properly. The fact that it is cut-off is due to the settings in GeoGebra while exporting it. Good to know that it was not a TeX configuration or wrong installation issue.

Thanks everybody.