Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ \psline doesn't draw anything

[zaaz]

Hello,

I have a strange problem since I updated to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : my latex documents containting pstrick label "\psline" will just show nothing after compilation. For exemple :

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pstricks}

\begin{document}

This is a line
\begin{pspicture}(0,0)(10,6)
\psline[linewidth=2 pt]{<->}(2,1)(6,4)
\end{pspicture}

\end{document}

creates a .pdf which says "This is a line", without any errors, but without the line.

I use kile to edit and I complile with Xelatex (as usual). I tried to add manually the latest pstricks.sty file from CTAN but I still have the problem.

Any clues ? Is this a pstricks problem or a xelatex one ? Help !!

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi zaaz,

welcome to the forum!

The LaTeX code runs fine; when I click on "Run LaTeX here," I can see that line.

Possibly, there's an issue with your LaTeX installation; it's hard to say without seeing that in detail. Adding pstricks.sty manually is not a proper solution because pstricks consists of many more files.

You could (should) remove that copy in any case. Or install a full pstricks package in your local tex tree or your user directory. Less complicated; perhaps uninstall and reinstall LaTeX or install TeXlive via tug.org. I would do that.

Stefan

[zaaz]

Hey, thank you for you answer.

I followed your advice and removed the .sty I put manually.

I had TeXlive installed from repository, so I removed it and installed the 2024 version from tug.org. I noticed that my repository version of texlive was old (2021).

And it works !! Thank you again