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I'm trying to use the epspdfconversion package under TeXLive, on a Linux system. I've successfully installed and included said package, but when executing the command:

pdflatex MyFile.tex

it returns the error:

sh: epspdf: command not found
pdfTeX error: pdflatex (file MyImageFile-epspdf-to.pdf): can
not find image file
 ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!

I've tried various pdflatex options (eg/ --shell-escape) with no luck. My guess is that the "command not found" debug points to the problem - any ideas?

I've a bit more information: if I try to compile with latex (instead of the Makefile I have been using), it produces the output below. I've looked into the file where "\epstopdfDeclareGraphicsRule" should be defined (tex/latex/oberdiek/epstopdf-base.sty) and it is there. It's called by the file tex/latex/epspdfconversion/epspdfconversion.sty, which I include in my top-level .cls file to perform the desired conversions.

Interestingly, if I carriage return through this error a .dvi file is still produced, which can be converted to pdf.

Package epstopdf Warning: Drivers other than `pdftex.def' are not supported.

)

epspdfconversion.sty is using epstopdf.sty with the following setup:
update=true,
verbose=true,
prefersuffix=true,
suffix=-epspdf-to,
option outdir not set. Default: same directory as the .eps-source-file
append,
enable
epspdf is used with the following command:
epspdf <file> 
! Undefined control sequence.
l.345 \epstopdfDeclareGraphicsRule
                              {.eps}{pdf}{.pdf}{%
Joseph Wright
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    Open your terminal and type the following command: which epspdf . What does it return? – Paulo Cereda Nov 08 '12 at 17:24
  • "which epspdf" tells me it can't find anything in the usual ../bin/ paths; I expect this since "epspdf" is not an installed program, but rather something that is called on-the-fly by my LaTeX compiler. "epstopdf" works in the terminal, but will this help me with on-the-fly conversions? –  Nov 09 '12 at 11:36
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    @mamboholly Run sudo apt-get install texlive-pictures (see here for a description of the package). Use your favorite package manager if you don't want to directly use apt-get – egreg Nov 09 '12 at 11:47
  • @mamboholly What GNU/Linux distribution are you using? – egreg Nov 09 '12 at 13:08
  • @mamboholly You need to register, if you want to comment. With Fedora it's a bit different, I'll investigate. – egreg Nov 09 '12 at 14:22
  • Linux something.somethingelse 2.6.43.8-1.fc15.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Jun 4 20:33:44 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Again, sorry for the Answer post - I still don't seem able to comment, perhaps because my posts are unregistered. – mamboholly Nov 09 '12 at 14:13
  • @mamboholly What are you trying to do, really? Using epspdf to produce a .dvi file doesn't make sense. You have to run pdflatex, not latex. – egreg Nov 12 '12 at 22:26
  • @egreg No I know, I was just trying to coax some more information out of the problem. All I'm trying to do is use epspdf with pdflatex; if I run pdflatex --shell-escape MyFile.tex, where MyFile.tex references an image "MyDir/MyImage.eps", it produces the error [14]sh: epspdf: command not found !pdfTeX error: pdflatex (file MyDir/MyImage-epspdf-to.pdf): can not find image file ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! – mamboholly Nov 13 '12 at 10:45
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    This Fedora Project page has suggestions about installing missing packages. I usually recommend doing the full install. – egreg Nov 13 '12 at 11:34
  • Thanks for the pointer. I've just removed the epspdf package from my .cls file, and it's now telling me it can't find "X" (where X = path to file), but if I ls X it finds it fine... – mamboholly Nov 13 '12 at 13:25

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epspdf is a ruby script, its sources can be found here. For Fedora, there is a texlive-epspdf package that should give you that, and usually this should already be installed as a dependency of texlive. If not, install that package via your preferred method.

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Try using this other command: epstopdf on a bash terminal.

As an alternative you can use graphic programs such as Inkscapeto perform the conversion from eps to pdf files.

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