Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ EPS to PDF on the fly

[jmoney]

I know that I can use .eps figures and compile with pdflatex by including the epstopdf package but I have an issue when I compile. When I run the command:

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$ pdflatex sample

I receive the error:

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Error: pdflatex (file method1.pdf): cannot find image file
 ==> Fatal error occurred, the output PDF file is not finished!

The implementation in sample.tex is as follows:

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\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}
\usepackage{epstopdf} 

\begin{document}
   \begin{figure}[htbp]
      \centering
      \includegraphics{method1}
      \caption{Plot of function.}
      \label{fig:method1}
   \end{figure}
\end{document}

I have been able to get it to compile properly with:

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$ pdflatex -shell-escape sample

Is there a way to get it to compile using the former syntax?

[localghost]

Where is the problem in compiling with the switch? The shell escape is needed to enable the compiler to execute external programs. With a modern TeX distribution like TeX Live 2010 you can drop this switch. It has a restricted shell escape by default.

[jmoney]

Here is the entire message when I run pdflatex sample:

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This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)
entering extended mode
(./sample.tex
LaTeX2e <2003/12/01>
Babel <v3.8d> and hyphenation patterns for american, french, german, ngerman, b
ahasa, basque, bulgarian, catalan, croatian, czech, danish, dutch, esperanto, e
stonian, finnish, greek, icelandic, irish, italian, latin, magyar, norsk, polis
h, portuges, romanian, russian, serbian, slovak, slovene, spanish, swedish, tur
kish, ukrainian, nohyphenation, loaded.
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2004/02/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/size12.clo))
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/graphicx.sty
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/keyval.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/graphics.sty
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/trig.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/graphics.cfg)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/pdftex.def)))
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/oberdiek/epstopdf.sty) (./sample.aux)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/supp-pdf.tex
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/supp-mis.tex
loading : Context Support Macros / Miscellaneous (2004.10.26)
)
loading : Context Support Macros / PDF (2004.03.26)
)
Error: pdflatex (file method1.pdf): cannot find image file
 ==> Fatal error occurred, the output PDF file is not finished!

I thought I had the Tex 2010 distribution but maybe not. How can I see what version I have?

[localghost]

[…] I thought I had the Tex 2010 distribution but maybe not. How can I see what version I have?

The very first line of the log file tells you which version you have. PDFTeX should be 1.40.11 now and Web2c 7.5.4 is about five years old. So your system is far from being up to date. I suggest to update your TeX distribution if you want to get rid of the command line switch.

[jmoney]

Will do! Thanks for the help!