" Error Starting Ghostscript"

[LaMark Lee]

Hello, I've tried to import a .eps format vector image and it would not
allow me. I got a message saying Error starting ghostscript. Make sure
that ghostscript is installed and if necessary use the environment
variable us_prog to tell Gimp about it's location. (Failed to execute
child process No such file or directory). Could not interpret. Failed.
Encapsulated postscript image plug-In could not open image ( I don't
know what ghostscript, environment variable, and postscript is/mean).
Does any of this look familiar. Do you know of a solution, if not any
other groups/mailing list I can submit this inquiry to. I'm using
windows vista premium w/ Gimp 2.4.7 if it helps at all. Contact me
whenever you get a chance. Thanks!

[Vodor]

Ghostscript is a PDF document program. You have to have it installed on your system to get GIMP to open it. Think of it as an "open source Adobe Acrobat Reader/writer" program.





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--- On Mon, 9/8/08, lemark_lee <lemark_lee@...> wrote:

From: lemark_lee <lemark_lee@...>
Subject: [gimpwin-users] " Error Starting Ghostscript"
To: gimpwin-users@...
Date: Monday, September 8, 2008, 1:32 PM






Hello, I've tried to import a .eps format vector image and it would not
allow me. I got a message saying Error starting ghostscript. Make sure
that ghostscript is installed and if necessary use the environment
variable us_prog to tell Gimp about it's location. (Failed to execute
child process No such file or directory). Could not interpret. Failed.
Encapsulated postscript image plug-In could not open image ( I don't
know what ghostscript, environment variable, and postscript is/mean).
Does any of this look familiar. Do you know of a solution, if not any
other groups/mailing list I can submit this inquiry to. I'm using
windows vista premium w/ Gimp 2.4.7 if it helps at all. Contact me
whenever you get a chance. Thanks!

 














     

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[Elliot Nesterman-3]

eps files are in PostScript format, eps stands for Encapsulated
PostScript. PostScript is a printer language developed and licensed by
Apple.
Ghostscript is a free PostScript interpreter. With Ghostscript installed
a Windows box that does not have a licensed PostScript interpreter can
view and manipulate PostScript files.

You will need administrator privileges to your machine to install
ghostscript and edit the Path statement.

Get Ghostscript here:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1897
grab the latest, GPL Ghostscript 8.63, and install it.
IMPORTANT - Make a note of where Ghostscript installs (usually
c:\program files\gs)

You will then need to add the path to the executable to your PATH
environment variable. This is not a scary as it sounds.
Right Click  on My Computer on your Desktop.
Click Properties.
click on the Advanced tab.
click the Environment Variables button towards the bottom.
In the lower window scroll down to Path.
click on Edit.
at the end of the line add a semicolon then the path to the ghostcript
exe folder, ;c:\path-to-ghostscript\release-number\bin
   f'rinstance ;c:\program files\gs\gs8.63\bin
click OK.
click OK.

Now you can open eps files with GIMP.

lemark_lee wrote:

> Hello, I've tried to import a .eps format vector image and it would not
> allow me. I got a message saying Error starting ghostscript. Make sure
> that ghostscript is installed and if necessary use the environment
> variable us_prog to tell Gimp about it's location. (Failed to execute
> child process No such file or directory). Could not interpret. Failed.
> Encapsulated postscript image plug-In could not open image ( I don't
> know what ghostscript, environment variable, and postscript is/mean).
> Does any of this look familiar. Do you know of a solution, if not any
> other groups/mailing list I can submit this inquiry to. I'm using
> windows vista premium w/ Gimp 2.4.7 if it helps at all. Contact me
> whenever you get a chance. Thanks!
>  

--
Elliot Nesterman
elliot@...
Standard Disclaimers Apply
-----------------------------------------------------------
The closer you are to the code, the happier you are.
                                     - Ancient Geek Proverb
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[LaMark Lee]

Hello, it's me again. I installed the latest version of ghostscipt as you recommended, it's exactly where you said it would be. Then typed specifications in path bar and for some reason it won't work. I've restared my computer, double checked and retyped exe folder text in path bar and it doesn't work. Got any other suggestions. Contact me whenever you get a chance. Thank you.



----- Original Message ----
From: Elliot Nesterman <elliot@...>
To: gimpwin-users@...
Sent: Monday, September 8, 2008 4:17:42 PM
Subject: [gimpwin-users] Re: " Error Starting Ghostscript"


eps files are in PostScript format, eps stands for Encapsulated
PostScript. PostScript is a printer language developed and licensed by
Apple.
Ghostscript is a free PostScript interpreter. With Ghostscript installed
a Windows box that does not have a licensed PostScript interpreter can
view and manipulate PostScript files.

You will need administrator privileges to your machine to install
ghostscript and edit the Path statement.

Get Ghostscript here:
http://sourceforge. net/project/ showfiles. php?group_ id=1897
grab the latest, GPL Ghostscript 8.63, and install it.
IMPORTANT - Make a note of where Ghostscript installs (usually
c:\program files\gs)

You will then need to add the path to the executable to your PATH
environment variable. This is not a scary as it sounds.
Right Click on My Computer on your Desktop.
Click Properties.
click on the Advanced tab.
click the Environment Variables button towards the bottom.
In the lower window scroll down to Path.
click on Edit.
at the end of the line add a semicolon then the path to the ghostcript
exe folder, ;c:\path-to- ghostscript\ release-number\ bin
f'rinstance ;c:\program files\gs\gs8. 63\bin
click OK.
click OK.

Now you can open eps files with GIMP.

lemark_lee wrote:

> Hello, I've tried to import a .eps format vector image and it would not
> allow me. I got a message saying Error starting ghostscript. Make sure
> that ghostscript is installed and if necessary use the environment
> variable us_prog to tell Gimp about it's location. (Failed to execute
> child process No such file or directory). Could not interpret. Failed.
> Encapsulated postscript image plug-In could not open image ( I don't
> know what ghostscript, environment variable, and postscript is/mean).
> Does any of this look familiar. Do you know of a solution, if not any
> other groups/mailing list I can submit this inquiry to. I'm using
> windows vista premium w/ Gimp 2.4.7 if it helps at all. Contact me
> whenever you get a chance. Thanks!
>

--
Elliot Nesterman
elliot@ajoure. net
Standard Disclaimers Apply
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The closer you are to the code, the happier you are.
- Ancient Geek Proverb
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[Kent Paul Dolan]

> From: LaMark Lee <lemark_lee@...>
> Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 12:20:37 -0700 (PDT)

> Hello, it's me again. I installed the latest
> version of ghostscipt as you recommended, it's
> exactly where you said it would be. Then typed
> specifications in path bar and for some reason it
> won't work. I've restared my computer, double
> checked and retyped exe folder text in path bar
> and it doesn't work. Got any other suggestions.
> Contact me whenever you get a chance. Thank you.

"It won't work" doesn't do much to help people help
you. Exactly which error messages or incorrect
behavior did you see this time, and exactly what did
you do to try to access a postscript file with GIMP
this time, in obsessive detail?

Also, we need to see what you have now in the "PATH"
environmental variable. From the Start Menu, open
"run", run "command", in command run "path", use the
upper left corner mark and copy commands to cut and
paste the answer to "path" and report it back to
this group.

Oops, even though it should, that doesn't work
correctly, even if you use command to run path, and
divert its output to a file

                 path > c:\path.txt

the answer is both abbreviated with "~"s and
truncated to the width of the command widow (grr),
even though it isn't _going_ to the command window:

PATH=c:\PROGRA~1\IMAGEM~1.4-Q;.;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\PROGRA~1\ATITEC~1\ATICON~1;C:\PROGRA~

[Ask me why I rant constantly about the hideous
software quality of Microsoft Windows.]

You'll have to find another way to get the right
answer.

What worked for me is to capture the output of path
within the "vim" editor [http://www.vim.org] into
the file currently being edited, by using the vim
command mode command

                      :r !path

which gives the full unabbreviated contents of the
"PATH" environmental variable:

PATH=c:\program files\imagemagick-6.3.4-q16;.;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel;C:\Program Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\bin;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\

[I'm not about to guess why the same Microsoft
command, "path", gives differently shaped answers
depending on the context from which you run it.]

I'm not showing you either of those to show you what
the Ghostscript entry will look like, I don't have
it in there, in my case, I'm just showing you what
the output that gimpwin-ers need to see looks
like, so that we can be sure you added the right
stuff to the "PATH" environmental variable's paths
to search and order of searching for executables
line.

Also provide a full path listing of the location of
the Ghostscript executable as you installed it
(probably somewhere in "c:\program files\" and the
full path listings of any dynamic link libraries
that it may use, so that we may compare them to what
you put into the path of execution line.

Once that information is back here, others will be
better able to help you than I am, since I don't use
GIMP on postscript files.

xanthian.

[SteelBeltRadial]

I had the same problems as you and setting the path did not work.  I set the environment variable GS_PROG to:

C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.63\bin\gswin32.exe

That fixed it.

Let me know if you need the 'how to' on that.

LaMark Lee wrote:

Hello, I've tried to import a .eps format vector image and it would not
allow me. I got a message saying Error starting ghostscript. Make sure
that ghostscript is installed and if necessary use the environment
variable us_prog to tell Gimp about it's location. (Failed to execute
child process No such file or directory). Could not interpret. Failed.
Encapsulated postscript image plug-In could not open image ( I don't
know what ghostscript, environment variable, and postscript is/mean).
Does any of this look familiar. Do you know of a solution, if not any
other groups/mailing list I can submit this inquiry to. I'm using
windows vista premium w/ Gimp 2.4.7 if it helps at all. Contact me
whenever you get a chance. Thanks!