LaTeX - Image not showing up

Question

I am writing up some coursework using LaTeX, and I wanted to import a diagram, however when I did the image did not appear in the compiled pdf. The image has been exported as a eps file, and also as a pdf, both of which had the same result. (Although the PDF also required me to provide bounding box figures, as latex couldn't fetch them from the file). I am including the graphic like this:

\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage[dvips]{geometry,color,graphicx}
\geometry{a4paper}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}[ht!]
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=300pt]{figure.eps}
    \caption{caption}
    \label{label}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

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Is figure.eps in the present working directory of the LaTeX file you are compiling? — dustin, Aug 27 '13 at 18:20
Remove the extension (*.eps) and make sure it is in the same directory as the TeX file. — Dan, Aug 27 '13 at 18:20
Most likely the following will provide a solution: Why can't pdflatex print EPS figures? — Werner, Aug 27 '13 at 18:23
@DAN I feel really stupid about saying this, but what's an MWE? — w4etwetewtwet, Aug 27 '13 at 18:31
@handuel that is not a stupid question at all. It stands for minimum working example — Dan, Aug 27 '13 at 18:32
@handuel Could you also edit in the .log file you get for the MWE? — Joseph Wright, Aug 27 '13 at 18:57
delete [dvips] and .eps then your example should work with latex (using the eps version) or pdflatex (using the pdf version) If it doesn't work it is presumably a problem with the image, but as a test use \fbox{\includegraphics{figure}} so latex puts a visible box around the space where it thinks the image is, if that box is wrong, suspect the boundingbox in the eps file. — David Carlisle, Aug 27 '13 at 18:59
@DavidCarlisle Thanks! That worked perfectly. Would you mind submitting that as an answer so I can accept it. — w4etwetewtwet, Aug 27 '13 at 19:05
Hmm it was supposed to be a debugging aid rather than an answer:-), if removing [dvips] made it work you are presumably using pdflatex rather than latex? — David Carlisle, Aug 27 '13 at 19:08

David Carlisle · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-27T19:18:21.007

Delete [dvips] and .eps then your example should work with latex (using the eps version) or pdflatex (using the pdf version) If it doesn't work it is presumably a problem with the image, but as a test use

\fbox{\includegraphics{figure}}

so latex puts a visible box around the space where it thinks the image is, if that box is wrong, suspect the boundingbox in the eps file.

The dvips driver can include EPS files but not PDF and the pdftex engine used by pdflatex can include PDF files but not EPS. If you use [dvips] explicitly LaTeX will set things up for dvips so it will not work if you process the document with pdflatex. If you omit the option and the file extension, then a default option is taken depending on the engine used ([dvips] if you use latex and [pdftex] if you use pdflatex. In each case a default list of file extensions is defined, so if you do not put an explicit .eps extension in \includegraphics but have both .eps and .pdf available, latex will try figure.eps and pdflatex will try figure.pdf

As a bonus is it possible if you could explain why that works? — w4etwetewtwet, Aug 27 '13 at 19:12

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 12 '15 at 08:40

You need to install Ghostscript software. Please check the wesite http://www.ghostscript.com/download/gsdnld.html

There are five different files depending on your operating system. For instance, if you are working in windows xp or 7, you will need to install the file for Windows (32 bit). If you are using windows 8 or 10, you will need the file for Windows (64 bit).

LaTeX - Image not showing up

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