FailedToExecuteCommand during ping; ghostscript issues & fixes

[LucaMino]

I'm getting this error when I try to instantiate a class from the package.

use Spatie\PdfToImage\Pdf;

$pdf = new Pdf($path);

$this->imagick->pingImage($pdfFile);   //line that return error

Error

FailedToExecuteCommand `'gs' -sstdout=%stderr -dQUIET -dSAFER -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -dNOPROMPT -dMaxBitmap=500000000 -dAlignToPixels=0 -dGridFitTT=2 '-sDEVICE=pngalpha' -dTextAlphaBits=4 -dGraphicsAlphaBits=4 '-r2.0x2.0' -dPrinted=false  '-sOutputFile=/var/tmp/magick-8gW2cA35obsZyaZngn8W8PSMR76gespA%d' '-f/var/tmp/magick-PFXyDbNvs6SLodhOoFaPBIuHTWmUvTzz' '-f/var/tmp/magick-4XhdiiUiXUbvuP5Azd8MBwT7H-FLuEVc'' (32512) @ error/ghostscript-private.h/ExecuteGhostscriptCommand/74

Versions
php: 8.1
gs: 10.02.0
imagick: 7.1.1

Thank you

[afsakar]

I have same problem right now, did you find anything?

[abrahampo1]

Same problem here

[patinthehat]

@afsakar @abrahampo1 Could you please report your PHP version, imagick version, OS, OS version, etc.?

[juanborras]

Same problem after mac os update to 14.4.1. Working with Herd, php 8.2, last version of pdf-to-image, gs 10.02.1 (2023-11-01) and ImageMagick 7.1.1-28 Q16-HDRI aarch64 b20675898:20240211

This is the exception:
FailedToExecuteCommand `'gs' -sstdout=%stderr -dQUIET -dSAFER -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -dNOPROMPT -dMaxBitmap=500000000 -dAlignToPixels=0 -dGridFitTT=2 '-sDEVICE=pngalpha' -dTextAlphaBits=4 -dGraphicsAlphaBits=4 '-r72x72' -dPrinted=false '-sOutputFile=/var/tmp/magick-kT81sdfsHvXhpNoMLLhQjbC02UaOxW8t%d' '-f/var/tmp/magick-vavcnQF1CypRfYIOhyhlO1ivZY5tkWmm' '-f/var/tmp/magick-wVzfxlma_rKL9XLdotUWEOK6dJl7OX4N'' (32512) @ error/ghostscript-private.h/ExecuteGhostscriptCommand/74

[afsakar]

@afsakar @abrahampo1 Could you please report your PHP version, imagick version, OS, OS version, etc.?

Versions:
GS: 10.02.1
PHP: 8.3.4
OS: Somona 14.1.1

[wallythewebdev]

Took a while to work this one out - anyway for anyone who is using Herd and Mac this might help

1. run from your command line the below code - this is going to tell you where you GS is installed.

which gs

2. make sure you have the package installed from Org_Heigl i.e.

use Org_Heigl\Ghostscript\Ghostscript;

3. in your code define the path to ghost script using the path that was returned form step 1

Ghostscript::setGsPath('/opt/homebrew/bin/gs');

this should as a whole look something like this in your controller / service:

<?php
    
    use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
    use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Artisan;
    use Org_Heigl\Ghostscript\Ghostscript;
    use Spatie\PdfToImage\Pdf;
    use Imagick;
    
    class PdfToImageConverter extends Controller
    {
        public function pdfToImage($path_to_image = null, $output_path = null)
        {
            Ghostscript::setGsPath('/opt/homebrew/bin/gs');
            $pathToPdf = storage_path('pdf.pdf');
            $pathToWhereImageShouldBeStored = storage_path('pdfImageFile.png');
            $pdf = new Pdf($pathToPdf);
            $pdf->saveImage($pathToWhereImageShouldBeStored);
        }
    }

Hope this helps
Quick note: not able to debug this further.

[juanborras]

Ok Thanks anyway

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On 5 Jun 2024, at 11:00, wallythewebdev ***@***.***> wrote: Took a while to work this one out - anyway for anyone who is using Herd and Mac this might help run from your command line the below code - this is going to tell you where you GS is installed. which gs make sure you have the package installed from Org_Heigl i.e. use Org_Heigl\Ghostscript\Ghostscript; in your code define the path to ghost script using the path that was returned form step 1 Ghostscript::setGsPath('/opt/homebrew/bin/gs'); this should as a whole look something like this in your controller / service: <?php use App\Http\Controllers\Controller; use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Artisan; use Org_Heigl\Ghostscript\Ghostscript; use Spatie\PdfToImage\Pdf; use Imagick; class PdfToImageConverter extends Controller { public function pdfToImage($path_to_image = null, $output_path = null) { Ghostscript::setGsPath('/opt/homebrew/bin/gs'); $pathToPdf = storage_path('pdf.pdf'); $pathToWhereImageShouldBeStored = storage_path('pdfImageFile.png'); $pdf = new Pdf($pathToPdf); $pdf->saveImage($pathToWhereImageShouldBeStored); } } Hope this helps Quick note: not able to debug this further. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#217 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/BAIP7M6TXPFDZ67GBJ7A7V3ZF3HUJAVCNFSM6AAAAAA6X5F6MOVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDCNBZGI3DIMRYHE>. You are receiving this because you commented.

[patinthehat]

@LucaMino @abrahampo1 @afsakar I've released v3.0 of the package - can you try upgrading and see if your issue is resolved? Thanks! 👍

[juanborras]

Same problem. What about the others? have you the same problem?

[2024-06-12 18:08:13] local.ERROR: ImagickException: FailedToExecuteCommand `'gs' -sstdout=%stderr -dQUIET -dSAFER -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -dNOPROMPT -dMaxBitmap=500000000 -dAlignToPixels=0 -dGridFitTT=2 '-sDEVICE=pngalpha' -dTextAlphaBits=4 -dGraphicsAlphaBits=4 '-r144x144' -dPrinted=false -dFirstPage=1 -dLastPage=1 '-sOutputFile=/var/tmp/magick-_a7_GMtGXVqvqLSTv4hqeZrahYp5zTke%d' '-f/var/tmp/magick-CKa3m3v0HT5O_kLCfFz446budgSohG1G' '-f/var/tmp/magick-eF-ZuBXMWN5d__1l0yDpU2GR766lQYjK'' (32512) @ error/ghostscript-private.h/ExecuteGhostscriptCommand/75 in /Users/usuario/IngMomDev/libro/vendor/spatie/pdf-to-image/src/Pdf.php:235
Stack trace:
#0 /Users/usuario/IngMomDev/libro/vendor/spatie/pdf-to-image/src/Pdf.php(235): Imagick->readImage('/Users/usuario/...')
#1 /Users/usuario/IngMomDev/libro/vendor/spatie/pdf-to-image/src/Pdf.php(188): Spatie\PdfToImage\Pdf->getImageData('/Users/usuario/...', 1)
#2 /Users/usuario/IngMomDev/libro/app/Services/PdfService.php(22): Spatie\PdfToImage\Pdf->save('/Users/usuario/...')

[juanborras]

I've executed this cmd directly in the directory I have the file.pdf

'gs' -sstdout=%stderr -dQUIET -dSAFER -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -dNOPROMPT -dMaxBitmap=500000000 -dAlignToPixels=0 -dGridFitTT=2 '-sDEVICE=pngalpha' -dTextAlphaBits=4 -dGraphicsAlphaBits=4 '-r144x144' -dPrinted=false -dFirstPage=1 -dLastPage=1 '-sOutputFile=file.jpg' '-ffile.pdf'

and worked without problem.

Any ideas?

[MaulikKachchhi007]

I'm getting this error when I try to instantiate a class from the package.

use Spatie\PdfToImage\Pdf;

$pdf = new Pdf($path);

$this->imagick->pingImage($pdfFile);   //line that return error

Error

FailedToExecuteCommand `'gs' -sstdout=%stderr -dQUIET -dSAFER -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -dNOPROMPT -dMaxBitmap=500000000 -dAlignToPixels=0 -dGridFitTT=2 '-sDEVICE=pngalpha' -dTextAlphaBits=4 -dGraphicsAlphaBits=4 '-r2.0x2.0' -dPrinted=false  '-sOutputFile=/var/tmp/magick-8gW2cA35obsZyaZngn8W8PSMR76gespA%d' '-f/var/tmp/magick-PFXyDbNvs6SLodhOoFaPBIuHTWmUvTzz' '-f/var/tmp/magick-4XhdiiUiXUbvuP5Azd8MBwT7H-FLuEVc'' (32512) @ error/ghostscript-private.h/ExecuteGhostscriptCommand/74

In windows, You can replace the file name gswin64c.exe to gs.exe after changing the file name so it's working I have tried file name after convert that working.

[cworreschk]

I had the same problem in my local Laravel Herd environment. It turned out that the ENV variable PATH didn't include my homebrew bin path /opt/homebrew/bin where I've installed Ghostscript. After I've added it, everything worked fine.

@juanborras If you are not able to extend the variable, you can use putenv() before instantiating the Pdf class.

[olivM]

easiest way to solve this is to put this line in AppServerProvider::boot()

        putenv('PATH=' . getenv('PATH') . ':/opt/homebrew/bin');

[fuhadabdulla]

easiest way to solve this is to put this line in AppServerProvider::boot()

    putenv('PATH=' . getenv('PATH') . ':/opt/homebrew/bin');

Thank you so much this worked

[juanborras]

I had the same problem in my local Laravel Herd environment. It turned out that the ENV variable PATH didn't include my homebrew bin path /opt/homebrew/bin where I've installed Ghostscript. After I've added it, everything worked fine.

@juanborras If you are not able to extend the variable, you can use putenv() before instantiating the Pdf class.

UPDATE: The setenv method worked!!! just forgot the ':'... my bad :D :D

Hey! just try both, setenv and Ghostscript::setGsPath, neither worked. I've got ghostscript installed via MacPorts and it works on the command line... any ideas what I'm missing?

Thank you!

PS: I've tried from php artisan tinker and worked 100%