Why pspicture shows error?

Asked Feb 07 '15 at 17:10

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Let us consider the following example :

\documentclass[12pt,twoside,a4paper]{book}
\usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{pstricks}
\usepackage{epsfig}
\usepackage{pst-grad} % For gradients
\usepackage{pst-plot} % For axes
\begin{document}
\scalebox{1} % Change this value to rescale the drawing.
{
\begin{pspicture}(0,-0.02)(2.68,0.02)
\psline[linewidth=0.04cm](0.0,0.0)(2.66,0.0)
\end{pspicture}
 }
\end{document}

Whenever I compile this code with kile in Ubuntu14.04 shows four errors :

Undefine control sequence }

But I don't know why such errors are occurring. Please help.

asked Feb 07 '15 at 17:10

MSA

No problem here. You should probably update your distribution and make sure you compile with LaTeX/XeLaTeX, not pdfLaTeX. Also, drop the use of the deprecated epsfig and use graphicx instead. – Werner Feb 07 '15 at 17:18
What control sequence is shown as undefined? The full log will give proper detail. – Joseph Wright Feb 07 '15 at 17:24
@Werner I have compiled with pdflatex – MSA Feb 07 '15 at 17:29
you did not show the error message the undefined command is \c@lor@to@ps by default pstricks only works with latex not pslatex, use latex and the error will go. Don't use epsfig !! – David Carlisle Feb 07 '15 at 18:00
To compile with pdflatex, load the auto-pstpdf package (or add the pdf option to pstricks options) and compile with the --enable-write18 switch fore MiKTeX, or -shell-escape for TeX Live or MacTeX. – Bernard Feb 07 '15 at 18:09
Run your document with xelatex instead of pdflatex – Feb 07 '15 at 19:20
Or rename your pdflatex to any unused filename and rename your xelatex to pdflatex. – kiss my armpit Feb 08 '15 at 02:20

Why pspicture shows error?

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