bmeps + dvips add-on
Install from source / Win32 binary
Installation from source
There are two installation concepts:
- Run the conversion program from dvips
This installation keeps your dvips unmodified and requires less work
than installing the modified dvips.
The disadvantage is that a new process is started for each picture
conversion.
- Add bitmap graphics support
to dvips
The modified dvips can do on-the-fly-conversions without
invoking external programs.
Installation is a little more complicated.
Before you start, make a backup copy of the dvips binary you
use.
Make sure you are able to install an unmodified dvips from
source before playing with the modifications.
The following packages are needed:
Install the libraries in the given order.
On U*x the
./configure ...
make
make install
mechanism should work.
The bmeps library contains
an executable program bmeps for bitmap to EPS conversion.
For Win32 users there is a detailed description how to build bmeps
using MS Visual C++ 5.0
in the FAQ.
- Bmeps installation
Install the bmeps library and program as explained in the section
Installation without dvips modifications above.
- Backup dvips
Create a backup copy of your existing dvips binary.
On U*x run
which dvips
to see where the binary resides.
- Build kpathsea and the unmodified dvips
The steps to perform here highly depend on your operating system,
your TeX distribution and the compilers and tools you use.
In this document we assume you are on an U*x system and have downloaded
the sources for your TeX distribution.
Change into the kpathsea sources directory and run
./configure ...
make
make install
Change into the dvipsk sources directory and run
./configure ...
make
make install
- Test the unmodified dvips
Check whether the make install replaced your old
dvips by the new one (i.e. by inspecting the file size,
the modification time stamp...).
Check whether the newly installed unmodified dvips works
correctly.
- Build the modified dvips
Change into the dvipsk sources directory and copy the
files from the dvips-mods directory to that place.
Run
./configure ...
make
make install
to install the modified dvips.
- Verify installation
Run
dvips --version
You should see
dvips(k) 5.86 modified for bitmap graphics support
Win32 binary installation
This package contains binaries for Win32 on Intel x86 platforms
in the WIN32BIN subdirectory.
Create a new directory (i.e. C:\Programs\Bmeps), copy the
*.exe and *.dll files into this directory and append the new directory
at the end of the PATH environment variable.
Dirk Krause d.krause@e-technik.fh-schmalkalden.de 2002/09/03
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