Re: Unknown graphics extension: .eps

Hi,

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 12:59:53 -0200
Leandro Melo de Sales <[email protected]> wrote:

>   I'm using tetex 3.0 on Gentoo linux and when I try to "compile" my
> .tex file (beamer latex document) I get the following message:
> 
> Unknown graphics extension: .eps
> 
>  How can I solve this?

I'm not 100% certain with tetex 3 -- but for earlier tetex pdflatex
can't use eps. latex/dvips on the other hand would *only* take eps.
The default output for tetex 3 (and quite reasonable for beamer anyway)
is pdf. SO you have to convert the eps files in pdf files by
using epstopdf. I can not tell you which gentoo packet that is, pstools
or pstricks maybe? I does use gs (ghostscript) for the actual
conversion. 

If you do not put the extension in the tex file latex tries to find an
appropriate file format by itself and if you have eps and pdf the right
one will be chosen. Other possible formats for pdflatex: png, jpg (not
recommended for plots and other high contrast images). 

K.-H.