Converted xxx-eps-converted-to.pdf not found

Question

I'm using TeXStudio on Mac OS X 10.7.4.

The problem is that the EPS to PDF conversion is somehow broken:

\usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}
\graphicspath{{img/}}
\DeclareGraphicsExtensions{.pdf,.jpeg,.png}
...
\begin{figure}[!t]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=3.5in]{TCP_VC_TD_AVE_CONNS_ACT}
\caption{Simulation Results}
\label{fig_sim}
\end{figure}
...

I've got an EPS file in: img/TCP_VC_TD_AVE_CONNS_ACT.eps

Log:

Package epstopdf Info: Source file: <img/TCP_VC_TD_AVE_CONNS_ACT.eps>
(epstopdf)                    date: 2012-10-12 16:44:32
(epstopdf)                    size: 210073 bytes
(epstopdf)             Output file: <img/TCP_VC_TD_AVE_CONNS_ACT-eps-converted-
to.pdf>
(epstopdf)             Command: <epstopdf --outfile=img/TCP_VC_TD_AVE_CONNS_ACT
-eps-converted-to.pdf img/TCP_VC_TD_AVE_CONNS_ACT.eps>
(epstopdf)             \includegraphics on input line 94.
runsystem(epstopdf --outfile=img/TCP_VC_TD_AVE_CONNS_ACT-eps-converted-to.pdf i
mg/TCP_VC_TD_AVE_CONNS_ACT.eps)...executed.

Package epstopdf Info: Result file: <img/TCP_VC_TD_AVE_CONNS_ACT-eps-converted-
to.pdf>.

! Package pdftex.def Error: File `img/TCP_VC_TD_AVE_CONNS_ACT-eps-converted-to.
pdf' not found.

The required img/TCP_VC_TD_AVE_CONNS_ACT-eps-converted-to.pdf file is never created.

TeXStudio compiles with (I've added -shell-escape, from other posts):

/usr/texbin/pdflatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode -shell-escape %.tex

Can anybody assist?

EDIT - A minimal file breaks as well:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}
\includegraphics{img/TCP_VC_TD_AVE_CONNS_ACT.eps}
\end{document}

Log:

Package epstopdf Info: Source file: <img/TCP_VC_TD_AVE_CONNS_ACT.eps>
(epstopdf)                    date: 2012-10-12 16:44:32
(epstopdf)                    size: 210073 bytes
(epstopdf)             Output file: <img/TCP_VC_TD_AVE_CONNS_ACT-eps-converted-
to.pdf>
(epstopdf)             Command: <epstopdf --outfile=img/TCP_VC_TD_AVE_CONNS_ACT
-eps-converted-to.pdf img/TCP_VC_TD_AVE_CONNS_ACT.eps>
(epstopdf)             \includegraphics on input line 4.
runsystem(epstopdf --outfile=img/TCP_VC_TD_AVE_CONNS_ACT-eps-converted-to.pdf i
mg/TCP_VC_TD_AVE_CONNS_ACT.eps)...executed.

Package epstopdf Info: Result file: <img/TCP_VC_TD_AVE_CONNS_ACT-eps-converted-
to.pdf>.

! Package pdftex.def Error: File `img/TCP_VC_TD_AVE_CONNS_ACT-eps-converted-to.
pdf' not found.

Welcome to TeX.sx! Just a wild guess: Have you tried it without \graphicspath{{img/}}? On an unrelated note: specifying pdftex for graphicx is usually not necessary; it can figure that out by itself. — doncherry, Oct 12 '12 at 16:26
I have no problem. Can you try with no other package other than graphicx? Just the \includegraphics command should be in the test file. The -shell-escape option is not needed. — egreg, Oct 12 '12 at 16:29
@egreg Tried with a minimal file as well, still the same problem. — Nic, Oct 12 '12 at 16:41
Does it work with a different .eps file, preferably one that was created with a different program than the one you're using? — doncherry, Oct 12 '12 at 16:51
Can you try the command directly from the terminal? All the following on one line, you have to be in the directory of the main file: epstopdf --outfile=img/TCP_VC_TD_AVE_CONNS_ACT -eps-converted-to.pdf img/TCP_VC_TD_AVE_CONNS_ACT.eps — egreg, Oct 12 '12 at 16:52
epstopdf --outfile=img/TCP_VC_TD_AVE_CONNS_ACT-eps-converted-to.pdf img/TCP_VC_TD_AVE_CONNS_ACT.eps on the terminal produces the PDF! (Checked the PDF, all good.) — Nic, Oct 12 '12 at 17:11
UPDATE: This looks like a TeXStudio issue, everything works fine in Texpad! — Nic, Oct 12 '12 at 17:24
Possibly not related, but you should not include file extensions in the \includegraphics line. — Joseph Wright, Oct 13 '12 at 06:36
In my similar case, I need the ghostscript package to make the eps-to-pdf conversion to work. Installing the ghostscript from the homebrew solves the problem. It doesn't even need to have \usepackage{epstopdf} declared. — Aryo, Sep 09 '20 at 11:23

score 42 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 14 '15 at 14:44

42

epstopdf is sometimes trying to write in the wrong directory and then fails to create the file (on certain editors at least, I had a similar problem with WinEDT). Place the following code in the header:

\epstopdfsetup{outdir=./}

Or add it as an option to epstopdf:

\usepackage[outdir=./]{epstopdf}

edited Jan 14 '15 at 14:44

zelanix

525

answered Feb 19 '13 at 10:02

ergoen

571

4

This worked for me - but don't forget (as I did initially) that you still need to add \usepackage{epstopdf} first. – drstevok Feb 22 '13 at 14:12
3

\usepackage[outdir=./]{epstopdf} also works and saves you one line :) – Trefex Apr 17 '14 at 08:11
If you use the \graphicspath option, you may find it useful to designate (as an option to the subject \usepackage callout) the same paths for both... – Digger Apr 28 '17 at 23:17
3

This works for me but I am not able to go to a parent directory. I mean that if I do : \usepackage[outdir=../]{epstopdf}
It does not work
– desmond13 Jun 29 '17 at 21:58
same issue here, i can't do parent paths?! – maja zaloznik Nov 15 '17 at 17:01
1

Basically, no, you can't go upwards in the directory tree. It's a safety issue preventing unauthorized access to your system. – yo' Dec 03 '19 at 20:38

score 36 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 03 '15 at 23:28

36

OK, I spent weeks fighting this problem (well, with intermittent bouts of rage quitting). None of the answers here worked exactly.

I'm running Linux Mint 17.1 and compiling through latexmk through SublimeText 3.

@caesar0301 pointed me on the right track.

Here's what I found in my log:

[20 <./time_series_pct_ever_paid_act-eps-converted-to.pdf>] [21]
Package epstopdf Info: Source file: <images/analysis/act/time_series_pct_paid_f
ull_act.eps>
(epstopdf)                    date: 2015-03-03 18:16:06
(epstopdf)                    size: 7097 bytes
(epstopdf)             Output file: <./time_series_pct_paid_full_act-eps-conver
ted-to.pdf>
(epstopdf)             Command: <repstopdf --outfile=./time_series_pct_paid_ful
l_act-eps-converted-to.pdf images/analysis/act/time_series_pct_paid_full_act.ep
s>
(epstopdf)             \includegraphics on input line 773.
runsystem(repstopdf --outfile=./time_series_pct_paid_full_act-eps-converted-to.
pdf images/analysis/act/time_series_pct_paid_full_act.eps)...executed safely (a
llowed).

Turns out repstopdf comes with texlive-font-utils, which I didn't have installed.

Combined with the other nudges mentioned in this thread (I guess mainly [outdir=./]), I can now finally (finally, finally, finally) compile .tex files with .eps graphics in them.

Leaving this here for any other Googlers at their wit's end with this venture.

answered Mar 03 '15 at 23:28

MichaelChirico

690

In Debian, I can verify that (for Squeeze, Wheezy, and Jessie, at least) that epstopdf is the desired routine, NOT repstopdf. – Digger Apr 29 '17 at 02:25
1

Could you explain exactly what you did? I'm on Linux Mint 18.3 and I have the same problem. The same file on Windows (With MiKTeX) worked perfectly. – Royi May 26 '18 at 19:10
7

I can verify this on Ubuntu using LyX. I installed texlive-font-utils and the error disappeared. Turns out that texlive-font-utils installs --- among other things --- epstopdf -- Convert EPS to PDF using Ghostscript. I guess this means that I didn't have epstopdf to begin with! No wonder I was facing these errors. – Jishnu Oct 04 '18 at 06:44
Thanks, the right solution for linux mint 19. – user22363 Oct 28 '18 at 04:58
2

Thanks, this also fixed it on Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS. (Interestingly I didn't have any problems on Ubuntu 16.10...) – j_random_hacker Dec 05 '18 at 14:22
@Jishnu installing texlive-font-utils also solved the problem for me, but I did have epstopdf installed, because I had checked kpsewhich epstopdf.sty. The only other dependency that got installed was ps2eps. – oulenz May 10 '19 at 12:19
6

With Ubuntu 18.04 and TeXstudio 2.12.6 I just installed the package: sudo apt install texlive-font-utils and everything works without any other modifications – Simone Aonzo Sep 16 '19 at 14:48

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 23 '15 at 16:42

I encountered a similar problem when using gnuplottex within TeXstudio. Depending on the TeX compiler I used, I got errors like

Package pdftex.def Error: File `example_epslatex-gnuplottex-fig1-eps-converted-to.pdf' not found. ...aphics{example_epslatex-gnuplottex-fig1}}

with pdflatex or when using xelatex:

xdvipdfmx:fatal: pdf_ref_obj(): passed invalid object. Output file removed.

However, calling the corresponding command manually via commandline worked fine - no errors.

After a little bit of investigation I found out that this was due to some missing folders in the PATH variable. In TeXstudio, go to Preferences > Build > Commands ($PATH) and add these there:

/Library/TeX/texbin:/opt/local/bin

First one is for the Latex environment (I'm using MacTex 2015 on El Capitan). For other version of OS X this path may look like /usr/local/texlive/2015/bin/x86_64-darwin. The second one is the path to MacPorts, with which I installed gnuplot. This may also depend on your installation or whether you use gnuplot at all or just want to import a generic .eps file. For e.g. I encountered this error every time I used gnuplot with the epslatex terminal.

After an update for TeXstudio on El Capitan I discovered exactly this error. Strangely the path was set to the TeX Live distribution 2012. Changing it to /usr/local/texlive/2015/bin/x86_64-darwin (year 2015) as suggested solved the problem. You could also mention in your answer that Show Advanced Options must be checked to have the mentioned textfield Commands ($PATH) accessible. — Matt, Mar 15 '16 at 20:19

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 17 '14 at 03:22

I have exactly the same problem as the poster's log. Common solutions around Internet have adding epstopdf or epsfig package, appending -shell-escape option to pdflatex commandline. But both methods failed to me. I post my solution on Mac OS X 10.09 + texlive2013 + TeXsdudio2.7.

By checking the tex's log, I found that epstopdf was not located in system searched PATH, so I created the link manully

ln -s /usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/scripts/epstopdf/epstopdf.pl /usr/local/bin/epstopdf

Also, the epstopdf complained that ghostscript is not installed. So I made it satisfied with

brew install ghostscript

WHooo, texstudio generated pdf as I expected.

PSPS: requiring epstopdfpackage declared and -shell-escape appended.

But on my linux/ubuntu, only epstopdf and -shell-escape are needed. — caesar0301, Apr 17 '14 at 03:23

score 2 · Answer 5 · answered May 22 '14 at 07:27

The following worked for me:

Open TeXstudio, go to 'Preferences' --> 'Build' (Somehow all my list entries are in german, so I only guess it should be named Build - in german it's 'Erzeugen', the third entry from the top). At the bottom you can specify additional search paths. Make sure the specified search path really exists. In my case the path pointed to a texlive 2012 directory even though I have only installed the 2013 version. After changing the path to the 2013 version everything worked fine! :-)

score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 23 '14 at 20:33

I encountered the same issue when utilizing esptopdf on a Windows 8.1 virtual machine running in Parallels on my Mac. Either TeXstudio or MiKTeX doesn't like UNC paths (ie \\psf\DropBox), which was how I had loaded my main *.tex. The included tex files used relative paths since I work across multiple machines, so that probably compounded the problem.

To remedy this I just needed to use a mapped drive name for the same shared network path (ie. Z:\DropBox). The only clue that this was the source of the problem came from the Messages tab that indicated:

... CMD.EXE was started with the above path as the current directory. 
UNC paths are not supported. Defaulting to Windows Directory.

Changing to a regular file path eliminated this message and allowed the new EPS files to be generated into PDF files that Pdflatex could interpret.

As a reference, I was using Windows 8.1, TeXstudio 2.8.4, and MiKTeX 2.9.4902.

You may also want to specify a directory other than the current folder for epstopdf to save pdf files to:

 \include[outdir=./(folder)/]{epstopdf}

This is optional, but if you only specify output=./ the directory with the .tex file will be the target for all of the generated PDF's even if you keep the *.eps files organized in another folder.

I had the same issue and I had the tex files saved on a network directory of my employer (which uses UNC paths). After copying the tex files on my local desktop, all compilations worked. — emcor, Oct 26 '18 at 13:48

score 2 · Answer 7 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:37

Just some additional info for Fedora users. (Fedora 24 and possibly other similar releases.)

I didn't install "absolutely all the tex packages" when I installed TexStudio because the download size is in the gigabytes and it takes quite a long time, and I wanted to quickly write a document without waiting around.

This keeps coming back to bite me in the a**, and yet again I have found myself with another seemingly mysterious error. (Same as the question OP.)

After following MichaelChirico's post I too found I was missing the command resptopdf. (Entered it to the command line, and command not found was printed.)

So I decided to sudo dnf install texlive-scheme-full (see also here: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/199638/how-to-fully-install-latex-in-fedora)

and this did take a few gigabytes and about half an hour to install, but it has installed the requirements for epstopdf for the use of eps figures in tex documents...

For several months now I have been installing small bits of the latex packages as and when I required them - this takes a long time as you have to google stuff to find out why your documents don't compile whenever you use a new feature - so I would recommend just installing everything and be done with it!

Summary: Install texlive-scheme-full on Fedora 24 and probably also similar versions and everything seems to work.

On Ubuntu 16.04 I installed texlive-font-utils which includes epstopdf: sudo apt install texlive-font-utils With that, building the document works. — justfortherec, May 21 '18 at 17:22

score 0 · Answer 8 · edited Sep 12 '13 at 17:50

0

Use

$ latex file.tex

This will result in output as file.dvi and then use

$ dvi2pdf file.dvi

edited Sep 12 '13 at 17:50

Heiko Oberdiek

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answered Sep 12 '13 at 17:16

Kumar Hemant

1

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The OP uses pdfTeX (pdflatex). A different driver might support a different set of image formats that does not fit the OPs need. – Heiko Oberdiek Sep 12 '13 at 17:48
Welcome to TeX.SX! You can have a look at our starter guide to familiarize yourself further with our format. – Heiko Oberdiek Sep 12 '13 at 17:50
...and therefore I don't think this answers the question... – Werner Sep 12 '13 at 17:52

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Nov 13 '20 at 12:04

sudo dnf install texlive-epstopdf ghostscript

solved the issue for me.

Background: The command epstopdf has to work in terminal, as indicated in https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/171967/110064 this could be done using sudo dnf install texlive-scheme-full (installs many unneeded packages) as declared in https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/356206/110064 but texlive-epstopdf should be enough.

If you want to check if it epstopdf is working in terminal try which epstopdf and epstopdf in the command line and check the output.

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