[OS X TeX] pdfcrop

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Oct 3, 2016, at 5:05 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Oct 3, 2016, at 2:41 PM, pacotomi <pacotomi at orange.fr> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> I use pstricks via pdftricks (more precisely, H. Schulz version). I have installed MacTeX 2016 and recently Mac OS 10 Sierra.
>> Now, pdfcrop (called by Schulz's pdftricks) fails to find gs and gives an error.
>> 
>> With the terminal, pdfcrop finds gs in /usr/local/bin/
>> 
>> PDFCROP 1.38, 2012/11/02 - Copyright (c) 2002-2012 by Heiko Oberdiek.
>> * Restricted mode: disabled
>> * Option `pdfversion': auto
>> * Perl executable: perl
>> * Perl version: v5.18.2
>> * Pointer size: 8
>> * Pipe support: yes
>> * Fork support: yes
>> * OS name: darwin
>> * Arch name: darwin-thread-multi-2level
>> * System: unix
>> * Not found (gs): /Users/frederic/perl5/perlbrew/bin/gs
>> * Not found (gs): /Library/TeX/texbin/gs
>> * Not found (gs): /usr/local/gs
>> * Found (gs): /usr/local/bin/gs
>> * Autodetected ghostscript command: gs
>> 
>> But used with pdftricks, pdfcrop doesn’t search gs in /usr/local/bin/
>> 
>> PDFCROP 1.38, 2012/11/02 - Copyright (c) 2002-2012 by Heiko Oberdiek.
>> * Restricted mode: disabled
>> * Option `pdfversion': auto
>> * Perl executable: perl
>> * Perl version: v5.18.2
>> * Pointer size: 8
>> * Pipe support: yes
>> * Fork support: yes
>> * OS name: darwin
>> * Arch name: darwin-thread-multi-2level
>> * System: unix
>> * Not found (gs): /usr/bin/gs
>> * Not found (gs): /bin/gs
>> * Not found (gs): /usr/sbin/gs
>> * Not found (gs): /sbin/gs
>> * Not found (gs): /usr/texbin/gs
>> * Not found (gs): /Library/TeX/texbin/gs
>> * Not found (gs): /usr/local/texlive/2016/bin/gs
>> 
>> How cans I tell pdfcrop to look for gs in the right place?
>> (parenthetically, I have made a symbolic link and all is now OK but I do not understand why pdfcrop looks for gs in so strange directories)
>> 
>> Frédéric
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> First, my test file compiles fine with TeX Live 2016 (installed by MacTeX-2016) and Sierra.
> 
> How are you compiling the file? You mention that pdfcrop is found in Terminal but not how you are compiling your file.
> 
> If you are using a front end of some sort please check how old it is (some older versions of some front ends were not passing the PATH correctly to sub-processes) and also what you use.
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)

Howdy,

One more thing... there have been many updates to TeX Live 2016 since its release in June. Make sure you update you distribution using TeX Live Utility (or tlmgr on the Command Line if you wish).

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)