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lorenzol36

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Registered: 2018-10-29

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[SOLVED] iconv error when converting images to pdf

I'm trying to convert an image file to pdf by using the "convert" command which is part of ImageMagick. However I keep getting an error from iconv.

convert background.jpg a.pdf                                               
iconv: failed to start conversion processing
a.pdf: No such file or directory
iconv: failed to start conversion processing

Last edited by lorenzol36 (2022-11-06 11:08:40)

cfr

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From: Cymru

Registered: 2011-11-27

Posts: 7,178

Re: [SOLVED] iconv error when converting images to pdf

Is your system up to date? I just tried

convert example-image.jpg example-image.pdf

using a sample image from TeX Live (2021) and it worked fine. Try passing --verbose if your system is up to date. Also try with some other image.

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seth

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Re: [SOLVED] iconv error when converting images to pdf

pacman -Qi ghostscript # optional dep for IM, probably less optional for pdf

Otherwise also check your locale

localectl
locale
locale -a

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lorenzol36

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Registered: 2018-10-29

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Re: [SOLVED] iconv error when converting images to pdf

Yes, my system is up to date and ghostscript is installed. I tried with more images but the result is always the same.
These are the outputs for locale and locale -a:

C                                                                                      
C.UTF-8
en_US.utf8
it_IT.utf8
ko_KR.utf8
POSIX
zh_CN.utf8

LANG=en_US.UTF-8                                                                       
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC=it_IT.UTF-8
LC_TIME=it_IT.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE=it_IT.UTF-8
LC_MONETARY=it_IT.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT=it_IT.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

And passing --verbose isn't helping:

convert --verbose background.jpg a.pdf                                     
uchardet: unrecognized option '--verbose'                                              
iconv: unrecognized option '--help.'
Try `iconv --help' or `iconv --usage' for more information.
iconv: failed to start conversion processing: No such file or directory
a.pdf: No such file or directory
iconv: failed to start conversion processing: No such file or directory

arojas

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From: Spain

Registered: 2011-10-09

Posts: 2,295

Re: [SOLVED] iconv error when converting images to pdf

What is the output of

which convert

lorenzol36

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Registered: 2018-10-29

Posts: 17

Re: [SOLVED] iconv error when converting images to pdf

Thanks a lot. You made me realize that I had a local script I made called "convert" that was interfering with ImageMagick's convert command.