[Tex/LaTex] Insert eps graphics with graphicx (file not found)

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When I run Andrew Robert's import.tex in MikTeX I get an error message saying that the image file is not found:

! LaTeX Error: File `chick' not found.

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l.21   \includegraphics{chick}

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I have put the image file (in this case chick.eps) in the same folder as import.tex.

Best Answer

You are probably use pdflatex instead of latex. The former is actually recommended but doesn't support EPS graphics but only JPG, PNG and PDF. You should convert the EPS to PDF using e.g. epstopdf. Newer versions of pdflatex from TeX Live should do this conversion automatically by running a restricted version (for safety reasons) called repstopdf.

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