Description of problem: I need to convert plotter files in hp-gl to some more common format, like pdf. More basically to display them. In https://imagemagick.org/script/formats.php , it is sais that Imagemagick can do the display/conversion but hp2xx is required. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 7.1.1.11 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1 download a sample file, carte.hpg : wget https://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/tempo/carte.hpg 2 try to display it : display carte.hpg Response: $ display carte.hpg sh: ligne 1: hp2xx : commande introuvable /bin/mv: impossible d'évaluer 'magick-XTm-sDhFUPlgW9oD0pJcAfCZLxcUtTkS': Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type display: delegate failed `'hp2xx' -sstdout=%%stderr -m eps -f `basename '%o'` '%i'; /bin/mv -f `basename '%o'` '%o'' @ error/delegate.c/InvokeDelegate/1924. display: unable to open file '/tmp/magick-hql8GIkbiHa0SiI2ostEQmOnAwpjjR4y': Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type @ error/constitute.c/ReadImage/785. So, hp2xx seems to be missing. I'll be very happy to have hp2xx installed ; I'm hélas not able to compile and install it by mysef from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/hp2xx
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From the URL at top: "The `hp2xx' program is a versatile tool to convert vector-oriented graphics data given in Hewlett-Packard's HP-GL plotter language into a variety of popular both vector- and raster-oriented graphics formats." It looks interesting and mature, but the most recent evidence of activity is 4y ago, and it says: "Release No releases published Packages No packages published" Since ImageMagick knows about it, it would be nice to add it to that (required package). There is no sign of it in our pkgs: $ urpmf hp2xx $
Assignee: bugsquad => smelrorComponent: RPM Packages => New RPM package requestURL: (none) => https://github.com/dgtlrift/hp2xxSummary: hp2xx is needed by Imagemagick => hp2xx is needed by Imagemagick for some vector graphics formats. NEW PACKAGE REQUEST
[continuation] Thank you for the interesting suggestion. Changing this to a new pkg request, and assigning directly to Stig who nurses ImageMagick. See what other packagers think.
Severity: normal => enhancement
Ubuntu has xp2xx in its repository. I don't want to switch to Ubuntu as my beloved distro is... Megeia. There was a program in the Windows World (Presentation by Corel) which was available ans scriptable until hardware problems on my computer. Please help my for this package as a scientific experiment is paused until hp2xx is available on Mageia :(
Why?? this sofware is 20 years old now without any new release!
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You can rebuild the Tumbleweed src.rpm from here: http://rpm.pbone.net/results_srodzaj_2_search_hp2xx-3.4.4-614.12.src.rpm.html
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