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February 11, 2008 - 02:59 — CCRRAR

When I try to open a .eps file I get the following messages

Error starting Ghostscript. Make sure that Ghostscript is installed and - if necessary - use the environment variable GS_PROG to tell GIMP about its location.
(Failed to execute child process (No such file or directory))

Could not interpret 'C:\Users\RAR\Documents\Nobska Ventures\Marketing\Logo's and Graphics\Originals\Logos\Nobska Ventures Logo - Vector Graphic.eps'

Opening 'C:\Users\RAR\Documents\Nobska Ventures\Marketing\Logo's and Graphics\Originals\Logos\Nobska Ventures Logo - Vector Graphic.eps' failed:

I am new to GIMP but did try to find Ghostscript but could not figure out where it is.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Rob

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February 12, 2008 - 17:21 — BruceH

Any news?

I have the same problem. I installed GhostScript, but no joy. I don't know how to tell the GIMP how to find it in windows.

February 12, 2008 - 17:35 — BruceH

OK, figured that out.

Silly me, should have done more research before posting.

To get ghostscript to work with the GIMP in Windows XP, you need to create the environment variable GS_PROG.

Right click on My Computer. Select Properties.

Click on the Advanced Tab, then on the button labeled Environment Variables.

Then click New. In the field Variable Name, enter GS_PROG. In the field Variable Value, enter the path to GS. On my system it is "C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.54\bin\gswin32.exe"

Restart the GIMP.

June 13, 2008 - 19:22 — sbj3

could not open eps

That did the trick. Thanks!

February 16, 2008 - 18:35 — hopper

Ghostscript

Where can I download this script from? The search results don't seem to have a valid link to download the script.

??

Thanks, hopper

February 18, 2008 - 17:36 — james.egeli

Ghostscripts

Hey Hopper, I found them @

GPL Ghostscript 8.61 released 2007-11-21

http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ really slow download though.

Enjoy

August 12, 2008 - 14:02 — pier59

Vista = Same PB

Hello Everyone,
I had the same message as CRRAR and I followed the instructions in this thread.
However, it still does not open EPS files. It installs GhostScript whenever I try to open a .eps file. Is it normal?
All it does then is a warning that it was not able to interpret the file I was trying to open.
I use GPL Ghostscript 8.63 and
Gimp 2.4.6
on Vista

Tx for any help one may provide.
Pier