Unable to decode BoundingBox file

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Hello

I have just installed the new GMT ver 6 on my Ubuntu 18.04. It seems all the installation went well. I have tested some basic commands.:

gmt begin GMT_tut_1
gmt basemap -R10/70/-3/8 -JX4i/3i -B -B+glightred+t"My first plot"
gmt end show

But faced an error as:
psconvert [ERROR]: Unable to decode BoundingBox file ./psconvert_20481c.bb

PS. I have also the latest Ghostscript installed in my Ubuntu.

Any help is appreciated.

/Yacob

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@Yacob Could you change last command to gmt end show -Vd, and post the output debug information?

BTW, can you check your Ghostscript version by gs --version? gs 9.27 has some critical bugs, and the latest gs is 9.50.

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Hi Seisman,

Using -Vd option has provided me a clue where the errors were and subsequently solved the issues. There was a mixing up the share from my previous version of GMT.

Very much appreciated.

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Glad to know it helps.

5

Hello Yacob,

just for curiosity, how did you installed GMT6.0? Did it you from source?

Best wishes

Juan Diaz-Naveas

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Hi Juan

Yes, I did install GMT6.0 from the source (gmt-6.0.0-src.tar). Also, I updated the dependencies before the installation.

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Dear Yacob,

Thanks a lot and best wishes

Juan