Can't find initialization file gs_init.ps

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I have a .net windows form application that uses ghostscript. Only on 1 machine do i get an error message. On all others (100s) it works find. This is in a Citrix environment.

The error is "AFPL Ghostscript 8.53: Can't find initialization file gs_init.ps"

I have checked and the file does exist.

Are the environment path variables the same on that machine? Are there any different user permissions on that machine? — Mike Parkhill, Sep 28 '12 at 01:28
Thanks for the reply. Yes the path variables are the same and the permissions on the machine are the same. — Mick Messerschmidt, Oct 03 '12 at 00:25

score 26 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 01 '20 at 07:35

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I've had a similar problem when compiling a latex file on OSx (pdflatex *.tex). The problem arose because of gs installed by MacTeX. The command pdflatex was using the command gs installed by MacTex and not the one installed by brew. I fixed the problem by running the following command brew link --overwrite ghostscript

answered Oct 01 '20 at 07:35

antonjs

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Same for GS installed via X11. – Konrad Rudolph Apr 26 '21 at 09:49

Gogowitsch · Answer 2 · 2012-10-13T19:46:34.907

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I've had a similar problem when calling the GS dll from a Delphi application; I solved it by setting the environment variable.

From the documentation: Ghostscript tries directories in this order:

The current directory (unless disabled by the -P- switch);
The directories specified by -I switches in the command line, if any;
The directories specified by the GS_LIB environment variable, if any.

edited Oct 13 '12 at 19:46

answered Oct 13 '12 at 19:41

Gogowitsch

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The Ghostscript installer also adds registry keys for the `GS_LIB` directory and also searches there. – Alexander Feb 27 '18 at 14:25

Can't find initialization file gs_init.ps

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