[OS X TeX] convert .dvi to .pdf

[Ettore Aldrovandi]

dvipdfm would convert dvi —> pdf (but see below for the MacTeX installation)

—Ettore

> On Nov 17, 2015, at 08:26, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Nov 17, 2015, at 7:16 AM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Nov 17, 2015, at 6:52 AM, Alan Bowen <bowenalan03 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I have a number of .dvi files created some 25 years ago using Plain TeX and Computer Modern which I want to convert to .pdf files. Any suggestions about what I need and how to do this will be greatly appreciated.
>>> 
>>> So far as TeX goes, I have the ConTeXt standalone (aka the ConTeXt minimals).
>>> 
>>> I am currently running Mac OSX 10.11.
>>> 
>>> Alan
>> 
>> Howdy,
>> 
>> Go to <http://www.tug.org/mactex/>. 
>> 
>> If you are really dedicated to using ConTeXt for your present documents go to the Smaller Download link and download and install BasicTeX.
>> 
>> If you would like to have a full TeX distribution (which includes ConTeXt) go to the MacTeX Download link and download and install MacTeX.
>> 
>> Good Luck,
>> 
>> Herb Schulz
>> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> Whoops... missed the DVI references. You should also install Ghostscript. Then convert via dvips->ps2pdf or dvipdf.
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
> 
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