Fwd: Re: epstools on linux.

[Marco Atzeri]

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Subject: Re: epstools on linux.
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2016 16:54:32 +1000
From: Lachlan Andrew <address@hidden>
To: Marco Atzeri <address@hidden>

Ernst,

You can get epstool source from

http://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/ghostgum/epstool-3.08.tar.gz

Your Linux distro probably also has a pre-built version.  Which distro
are you using?

Cheers,
Lachlan

On 1 July 2016 at 00:34, Marco Atzeri <address@hidden> wrote:
> coming back to mailing list
>
> On 30/06/2016 16:36, Ernst Reissner wrote:
> > On 06/30/2016 04:12 PM, Marco Atzeri wrote:
> > > On 30/06/2016 13:59, Ernst Reissner wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I tried to build octave as described in
> > > > http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/file/tip/etc/HACKING
> > > >
> > > > Question: I ran ./bootstrap but apparently, this did not change anything
> > > > in octave,
> > > > as hg st or hg diff shows.
> > > > What does the script do?
> > > >
> > > > Then I ran
> > > >
> > > > mkdir .build
> > > > cd .build
> > > > ../configure
> > > > make
> > > >
> > > > Configure succeeded but make failed:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > warning: print.m: epstool binary is not available.
> > >
> > >
> > > And if you install it ?
> >
> >
> > Ah, you are right. Thank you!
> >
> > BUT: I have linux... seems no way to obtain epstools
> >
> > can anyone help?
> >
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Ernst