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    copied!<p>I've been trying to get pstricks to work but to no avail. I am using Miktex, and I downloaded the package from it packages manager. But when I try to build it, it always fails:</p> <pre><code>This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.2-0.9995.1 (MiKTeX 2.8) entering extended mode (C:\xxxx\Desktop\untitled-6.tex LaTeX2e &lt;2009/09/24&gt; Babel &lt;v3.8l&gt; and hyphenation patterns for english, dumylang, nohyphenation, ge rman, ngerman, german-x-2009-06-19, ngerman-x-2009-06-19, french, portuguese, l oaded. ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\tex\latex\base\article.cls" Document Class: article 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\tex\latex\base\size10.clo")) ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\tex\latex\oberdiek\epstopdf.sty" ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\tex\latex\oberdiek\epstopdf-base.sty" ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\tex\generic\oberdiek\infwarerr.sty") ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\tex\latex\oberdiek\grfext.sty") ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\tex\latex\oberdiek\kvoptions.sty" ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\tex\latex\graphics\keyval.sty") ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\tex\generic\oberdiek\kvsetkeys.sty" ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\tex\generic\oberdiek\etexcmds.sty"))) ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\tex\generic\oberdiek\pdftexcmds.sty" ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\tex\generic\oberdiek\ifluatex.sty") ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\tex\generic\oberdiek\ltxcmds.sty")) Package epstopdf Warning: No graphics package `graphic{s,x}' loaded. )) ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\tex\latex\graphics\graphics.sty" ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\tex\latex\graphics\trig.sty") ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\tex\latex\00miktex\graphics.cfg") ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\tex\xelatex\xetex-def\xetex.def")) ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\tex\latex\pstricks\pstricks.sty" ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\tex\generic\pstricks\pstricks.tex" `PSTricks' v1.29 &lt;2009/05/19&gt; (tvz) ====================================================================== starting package maintenance... installation directory: "C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8" package repository: http://ftp.eq.uc.pt/software/TeX/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/ lightweight database digest: ecef59fd2592919972b79117b8fcd1c8 going to download 1520 bytes going to install 4 file(s) (1 package(s)) downloading http://ftp.eq.uc.pt/software/TeX/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/xetex-pstricks.tar.lzma... 1520 bytes, 8.84 KB/Sec extracting files from xetex-pstricks.tar.lzma... miktex-xetex.exe: Windows API error 87: The parameter is incorrect. miktex-xetex.exe: Data: C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.8\miktex\config\1567d83d412396067c84a669e65114a0.fndb ====================================================================== ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\tex\generic\pstricks\pstricks.con")) ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\tex\latex\xcolor\xcolor.sty" ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\tex\latex\00miktex\color.cfg"))) (C:\xxxx\Desktop\untitled-6.aux) ! Undefined control sequence. &lt;recently read&gt; \c@lor@to@ps l.8 \psframe(0.7,2)(3.3,3) ? </code></pre> <p>Anything special I have to do?</p> <p>Thanks edit:</p> <p>Here is the code:</p> <pre><code>\documentclass{article} \usepackage{epstopdf} \usepackage{graphics} \usepackage{pstricks} \begin{document} \begin{figure} \begin{pspicture}(4,5) \psframe(0.7,2)(3.3,3) \rput(2,2.5){First Example} \end{pspicture} \end{figure} \end{document} </code></pre>
 

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