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How do I generate pdf output from LaTeX (including figures)?
The optimal solution has been very time dependent!

A good discussion of options is a support page from the University of Minnesota http://www.msi.umn.edu/software/tex/help/pdf.html, which lists three possibilitiies: 

 1. LaTeX -> dvips -> ps2pdf  [not recommended]
 2. LaTeX -> dvipdfm  [works with embedded eps figures]
 3. pdflatex [most reliable; requires conversion of [e]ps figures to postscript]
Also see the info at http://www.mpch-mainz.mpg.de/~joeckel/howto_pdf/howto.html.

Find out more about dvipdfm at http://gaspra.kettering.edu/dvipdfm/. There are Linux RPM's available on this page.

2001-Oct-19 8:15am furnstahl.1@osu.edu

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