The most straightforward way to identify which installed package provides a specific file is with dpkg: dpkg -S /path/to/the/file The -S flag searches for a filename pattern across all installed packages. This works for any file path in your system, whether it’s a binary, library, configuration file, or anything else. Searching for command binaries To…
When converting PostScript to PDF using ps2pdf with certain PDFSETTINGS options, you may hit this error: GPL Ghostscript 9.10: Set UseCIEColor for UseDeviceIndependentColor to work properly. Unrecoverable error: stackunderflow in .setdistillerparams This occurs when Ghostscript’s internal stack runs out of expected values during PDF distiller parameter processing. The root cause is usually conflicting color space…
LaTeX is a document preparation system widely used for scientific and technical documents. Most modern workflows use pdflatex or xelatex to compile directly to PDF, avoiding the outdated DVI → PostScript → PDF pipeline. Debian/Ubuntu sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-base texlive-latex-extra texlive-fonts-recommended For a complete installation with all packages: sudo apt-get install texlive-full…
To convert a PostScript file to PDF suitable for publishing, use ps2pdf from the Ghostscript suite: ps2pdf -dPDFSETTINGS=/printer file.ps file.pdf The /printer setting produces high-quality output appropriate for publication. Other available quality settings include: /screen — lowest quality, smallest file size /ebook — medium quality, reasonable file size /printer — high quality, suitable for printing…