Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ PSTricks | Basic Example causes Errors

[sanjogar]

I've recently installed the latest TeX Live full release. Everything works fine but PSTricks.

This simple code generates hundreds of errors in the log (errors I don't understand).

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\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage{pstricks-add}

\pagestyle{empty}

\begin{document}
\psset{xunit=1.0cm,yunit=1.0cm,algebraic=true}
\begin{pspicture*}(-5,-5)(5,5)
\pscircle(1,1){3}
\end{pspicture*}
\end{document}

What's going on? I attach log file.

Please help!

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi sanjogar,

welcome to the board!

Compile with LaTeX in dvi mode, not with pdfLaTeX. I can see this in your .log file:

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This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009/Debian)
(format=pdflatex 2012.7.9)

Alternatively, load auto-pst-pdf

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\usepackage{auto-pst-pdf}

and enable the shell-escape option for pdfLaTeX. How the latter can be done, depends on your editor and compiler.

Stefan

[sanjogar]

Thank you very much for your help.

I'm new to Tex-Live and TeXMaker: I was a happy LaTeX-windows user with MikTeX and TeXnicCenter but I am using Ubuntu 12.04 and it's not an easy change.

Now I compiled it with DVI mode: I get no error messegaes but I also get no picture!

Here it is the new log file.

I don't really know what's going on!

Thanks.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

You will be able to see the picture after you converted from dvi to ps or to pdf. So use dvips and ps2pdf, or dvipdfmx, for example.

Stefan