OT: Ghostscript, won't install

Joerg
Guest

Sat Aug 28, 2010 1:33 am

Gents,

IC designers still seem to live in the Postscript world ... can't read
those dreaded files. Client said to install Ghostscript. So I downloaded
gs871w32.exe from U of Wisconsin.

No matter what I do, this here computation machine bucks and says "not a
valid Win32 application". Running XP. What gives? How can I dodge this
and make it install?

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

"gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam.
Use another domain or send PM.

Jim Thompson
Guest

Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:00 am

On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:33:40 -0700, Joerg <invalid_at_invalid.invalid>
wrote:

Quote:

Gents,

IC designers still seem to live in the Postscript world ... can't read
those dreaded files. Client said to install Ghostscript. So I downloaded
gs871w32.exe from U of Wisconsin.

No matter what I do, this here computation machine bucks and says "not a
valid Win32 application". Running XP. What gives? How can I dodge this
and make it install?

Make sure you have the right versions. You also need GSView which
"calls" Ghostscript... I have GSView v3.5 running on XP.

IIRC, there is a specific order of installation required to make it
work.

Since I can print to PS from PSpice, and Acrobat will convert PS to
PDF, I rarely use it unless I run into scaling issues... like cutting
E-size into multiple A-size sheets Sad

Sjouke Burry
Guest

Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:11 am

Joerg wrote:

Quote:

Gents,

IC designers still seem to live in the Postscript world ... can't read
those dreaded files. Client said to install Ghostscript. So I downloaded
gs871w32.exe from U of Wisconsin.

No matter what I do, this here computation machine bucks and says "not a
valid Win32 application". Running XP. What gives? How can I dodge this
and make it install?

try >http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/

for gsview and gostview, open gpl software.

Martin Riddle
Guest

Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:16 am

"Joerg" <invalid_at_invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:8dr3rfFnodU1_at_mid.individual.net...

Quote:

Gents,

IC designers still seem to live in the Postscript world ... can't read
those dreaded files. Client said to install Ghostscript. So I
downloaded
gs871w32.exe from U of Wisconsin.

No matter what I do, this here computation machine bucks and says "not
a
valid Win32 application". Running XP. What gives? How can I dodge this
and make it install?

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

"gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam.
Use another domain or send PM.

Try Sourceforge instead.

<http://sourceforge.net/projects/ghostscript/files/GPL%20Ghostscript/>

I used Ghostfriend in the past, worked well to convert PS to PDF
<http://www.noliturbare.com/convert/ghostfriend-formerly-gobatchgs>

Cheers

Sjouke Burry
Guest

Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:23 am

Joerg wrote:

Quote:

Gents,

IC designers still seem to live in the Postscript world ... can't read
those dreaded files. Client said to install Ghostscript. So I downloaded
gs871w32.exe from U of Wisconsin.

No matter what I do, this here computation machine bucks and says "not a
valid Win32 application". Running XP. What gives? How can I dodge this
and make it install?

Ah pardon me for directing you to the same source Smile

I use gsview32.exe.
From their site:
GSview can be obtained from http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/
It does not seem to be free.

Joerg
Guest

Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:33 am

Sjouke Burry wrote:

Quote:

Joerg wrote:
Gents,

IC designers still seem to live in the Postscript world ... can't read
those dreaded files. Client said to install Ghostscript. So I downloaded
gs871w32.exe from U of Wisconsin.

No matter what I do, this here computation machine bucks and says "not a
valid Win32 application". Running XP. What gives? How can I dodge this
and make it install?

try >http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/
for gsview and gostview, open gpl software.

That's exactly where I got it from :-)

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

"gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam.
Use another domain or send PM.

Joerg
Guest

Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:36 am

Martin Riddle wrote:

Quote:

"Joerg" <invalid_at_invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:8dr3rfFnodU1_at_mid.individual.net...
Gents,

IC designers still seem to live in the Postscript world ... can't read
those dreaded files. Client said to install Ghostscript. So I
downloaded
gs871w32.exe from U of Wisconsin.

No matter what I do, this here computation machine bucks and says "not
a
valid Win32 application". Running XP. What gives? How can I dodge this
and make it install?

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

"gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam.
Use another domain or send PM.

Try Sourceforge instead.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/ghostscript/files/GPL%20Ghostscript/

135 megabytes, shazam! The bloat from version to version looks (almost)
like the budget defizit :-)

Quote:

I used Ghostfriend in the past, worked well to convert PS to PDF
http://www.noliturbare.com/convert/ghostfriend-formerly-gobatchgs

But from the text it looks like you still need Ghostscript, and that's
what refuses to install.

Why couldn't society just quietly bury Postscript ...

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

"gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam.
Use another domain or send PM.

Joerg
Guest

Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:40 am

Sjouke Burry wrote:

Quote:

Joerg wrote:
Gents,

IC designers still seem to live in the Postscript world ... can't read
those dreaded files. Client said to install Ghostscript. So I downloaded
gs871w32.exe from U of Wisconsin.

No matter what I do, this here computation machine bucks and says "not a
valid Win32 application". Running XP. What gives? How can I dodge this
and make it install?

Ah pardon me for directing you to the same source Smile

I use gsview32.exe.
From their site:
GSview can be obtained from http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/
It does not seem to be free.

Got that already. The problem is, one must first install Ghostscript for
which GSView is the GUI. Unfortunately Ghostscript is recalcitrant upon
installation. I have no idea why. The Linux boxen here which functions
as a file server has that problem a lot but the Windows computer never
does. Or never did, until today.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

"gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam.
Use another domain or send PM.

Sjouke Burry
Guest

Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:44 am

Joerg wrote:

Quote:

Gents,

IC designers still seem to live in the Postscript world ... can't read
those dreaded files. Client said to install Ghostscript. So I downloaded
gs871w32.exe from U of Wisconsin.

No matter what I do, this here computation machine bucks and says "not a
valid Win32 application". Running XP. What gives? How can I dodge this
and make it install?

I decided to update, so installed

gs871w32.exe
and
gsv49w32.exe
from that site.
They work(sort of), with a nag popup.

Jim Thompson
Guest

Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:45 am

On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:36:57 -0700, Joerg <invalid_at_invalid.invalid>
wrote:

Quote:

Martin Riddle wrote:
"Joerg" <invalid_at_invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:8dr3rfFnodU1_at_mid.individual.net...
Gents,

IC designers still seem to live in the Postscript world ... can't read
those dreaded files. Client said to install Ghostscript. So I
downloaded
gs871w32.exe from U of Wisconsin.

No matter what I do, this here computation machine bucks and says "not
a
valid Win32 application". Running XP. What gives? How can I dodge this
and make it install?

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

"gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam.
Use another domain or send PM.

Try Sourceforge instead.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/ghostscript/files/GPL%20Ghostscript/

135 megabytes, shazam! The bloat from version to version looks (almost)
like the budget defizit :-)

I used Ghostfriend in the past, worked well to convert PS to PDF
http://www.noliturbare.com/convert/ghostfriend-formerly-gobatchgs

But from the text it looks like you still need Ghostscript, and that's
what refuses to install.

Why couldn't society just quietly bury Postscript ...

Joerg
Guest

Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:54 am

Joerg wrote:

Quote:

Gents,

IC designers still seem to live in the Postscript world ... can't read
those dreaded files. Client said to install Ghostscript. So I downloaded
gs871w32.exe from U of Wisconsin.

No matter what I do, this here computation machine bucks and says "not a
valid Win32 application". Running XP. What gives? How can I dodge this
and make it install?

Guys, figured it out: I had to erase and download two more times, then
it stuck. It installed alright. Now I can see the files but it's nearly
not as good as PDF. Did I already say that I never liked Postscript? :-)

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

"gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam.
Use another domain or send PM.

Joerg
Guest

Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:59 am

Jim Thompson wrote:

Quote:

On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:36:57 -0700, Joerg <invalid_at_invalid.invalid
wrote:

Martin Riddle wrote:
"Joerg" <invalid_at_invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:8dr3rfFnodU1_at_mid.individual.net...
Gents,

IC designers still seem to live in the Postscript world ... can't read
those dreaded files. Client said to install Ghostscript. So I
downloaded
gs871w32.exe from U of Wisconsin.

No matter what I do, this here computation machine bucks and says "not
a
valid Win32 application". Running XP. What gives? How can I dodge this
and make it install?

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

"gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam.
Use another domain or send PM.
Try Sourceforge instead.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/ghostscript/files/GPL%20Ghostscript/

135 megabytes, shazam! The bloat from version to version looks (almost)
like the budget defizit :-)

I used Ghostfriend in the past, worked well to convert PS to PDF
http://www.noliturbare.com/convert/ghostfriend-formerly-gobatchgs

But from the text it looks like you still need Ghostscript, and that's
what refuses to install.

Why couldn't society just quietly bury Postscript ...

'Cause PS is a fabulous language... ask Don Lancaster...

It's the pits, IMHO. Renders lettering poorly, overwrites when the font
size is wrongly interpreted. Nah, I ditched that long ago, early 90's.
Now it came back, maybe as a ghost :-)

Oh, and when I print to PDF I get a blank sheet. Great.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

"gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam.
Use another domain or send PM.

Joerg
Guest

Sat Aug 28, 2010 3:00 am

Sjouke Burry wrote:

Quote:

Joerg wrote:
Gents,

IC designers still seem to live in the Postscript world ... can't read
those dreaded files. Client said to install Ghostscript. So I downloaded
gs871w32.exe from U of Wisconsin.

No matter what I do, this here computation machine bucks and says "not a
valid Win32 application". Running XP. What gives? How can I dodge this
and make it install?

I decided to update, so installed
gs871w32.exe
and
gsv49w32.exe
from that site.
They work(sort of), with a nag popup.

Got them installed as well. Mine don't nag but the rendering is rather poor.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

"gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam.
Use another domain or send PM.

Martin Riddle
Guest

Sat Aug 28, 2010 3:26 am

"Joerg" <invalid_at_invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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Quote:

Jim Thompson wrote:
On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:36:57 -0700, Joerg <invalid_at_invalid.invalid
wrote:

Martin Riddle wrote:
"Joerg" <invalid_at_invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:8dr3rfFnodU1_at_mid.individual.net...
Gents,

IC designers still seem to live in the Postscript world ... can't
read
those dreaded files. Client said to install Ghostscript. So I
downloaded
gs871w32.exe from U of Wisconsin.

No matter what I do, this here computation machine bucks and says
"not
a
valid Win32 application". Running XP. What gives? How can I dodge
this
and make it install?

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

"gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam.
Use another domain or send PM.
Try Sourceforge instead.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/ghostscript/files/GPL%20Ghostscript/

135 megabytes, shazam! The bloat from version to version looks
(almost)
like the budget defizit :-)

I used Ghostfriend in the past, worked well to convert PS to PDF
http://www.noliturbare.com/convert/ghostfriend-formerly-gobatchgs

But from the text it looks like you still need Ghostscript, and
that's
what refuses to install.

Why couldn't society just quietly bury Postscript ...

'Cause PS is a fabulous language... ask Don Lancaster...

It's the pits, IMHO. Renders lettering poorly, overwrites when the
font
size is wrongly interpreted. Nah, I ditched that long ago, early 90's.
Now it came back, maybe as a ghost :-)

Oh, and when I print to PDF I get a blank sheet. Great.

--
Regards, Joerg

Did you add it (GS) to the path?
My Computer-> Properties->Advanced tab , Environment button.

Add ;C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.71\bin;C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.71\lib;

Make sure you have the correct path.

Cheers

Michael A. Terrell
Guest

Sat Aug 28, 2010 3:30 am

Joerg wrote:

Quote:

Joerg wrote:
Gents,

IC designers still seem to live in the Postscript world ... can't read
those dreaded files. Client said to install Ghostscript. So I downloaded
gs871w32.exe from U of Wisconsin.

No matter what I do, this here computation machine bucks and says "not a
valid Win32 application". Running XP. What gives? How can I dodge this
and make it install?

Guys, figured it out: I had to erase and download two more times, then
it stuck. It installed alright. Now I can see the files but it's nearly
not as good as PDF. Did I already say that I never liked Postscript? Smile

You should uninstall crap with Revo Uninstaller. It will remove all
registry entries and empty folders, if you use it properly.

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