[bug-pcl] Install problem with 1.40

[Brian K. White]

Stephen Harris wrote:
> HI folks,
> I have a SCO 5.0.7 box on which I have installed ghostpcl6_1.40.
> When I try to call pcl6 to generate some output, I get the following
> error:
> pcl6 -sDEVICE=ljet4 /tmp/holding.pcl
> AFPL Ghostscript CVS PRE-RELEASE 8.13: **** Could not open the file  .
> Warning interpreter exited with error code -9
> Flushing to end of job
> AFPL Ghostscript CVS PRE-RELEASE 8.13: **** Could not open the file  .
>
> I have just compiled and installed ghostscripy 8.14, but this doesnt
> help as pcl6 is compiled with 8.13 from the ghostpcl package.
> The file /tmp/holding.pcl is perms 777 and looks like:

a) you didn't specify an output destination
pcl6 -sDEVICE=pdfwriter -sOutputFile=/tmp/holding.pdf /tmp/holding.pcl

b)
Why are you trying to read pcl to generate pcl?
The point of ghostpcl is to read pcl and output other things besides pcl.
-sDEVICE=pdfwrite for example.
Although I guess it could be useful for taking pcl5 input and produce output 
that a pcl3 inkjet can understand...

c)
ldd /usr/local/bin/pcl6

d)
do you have the fonts installed in the place ghostpcl expects them?
by default this is /windows/fonts but could be customized at compile time or 
via the PCLFONTSOURCE variable at run time.

e)
rather than use pcl6 directly at first, try one of the wrapper scripts
pcl2pdf /tmp/holding.pcl /tmp/holding.pdf

f)
Did you try installing the version I have already compiled and packaged and 
is known to work and includes all necessary components in the correct paths, 
except system libraries which you might need to install by installing 
oss646latest and/or gwxlibs
but since you have 5.0.7 you should need anything extra.
http://www.aljex.com/bkw/sco/#ghostpcl

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