On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Rohan Shah wrote: > Dr. Volker Zell wrote: > > >>>>>>Rohan Shah writes: > > > > > i'm having trouble congifuring gv for cygwin. when i open a postsrcipt > > > file using gv, it gives me the error: > > > "Error: Postscript interpreter failed in main window" > > > > > any ideas? thanks in advance. > > > > Remove /usr/bin/gs (or /bin/gs) from your installation. The one in > > /usr/X11R6/bin is the right executable to use with gv. > > OK I'm screwed, when I do: "type -a gs" i get: > > $ type -a gs > gs is /usr/bin/gs > gs is /bin/gs > gs is /usr/X11R6/bin/gs > gs is ./gs > gs is /usr/bin/gs > gs is /usr/X11R6/bin/gs > gs is ./gs > gs is ./gs > gs is ./gs > gs is ./gs > gs is ./gs > gs is ./gs > > $ > > how do I get rid of all the entries except "gs is /usr/X11R6/bin/gs"? Is > this what I have to do to get gs (and gv) to work?
Why do you need to get rid of them? Just make sure /usr/X11R6/bin/gs is the first one. Try export PATH="/usr/X11R6/bin:$PATH" gv & If this works, edit your /etc/profile to put /usr/X11R6/bin before /usr/bin and /bin in your PATH. HTH, Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton