Re: TikZ module not found (TeX Live problem?)

[Henri Menke <henrimenke@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 2017-06-19 at 02:34 +0200, Gerion Entrup wrote:
> Good day,
> 
> I'm very new to ConTeXt, so maybe this is a fairly simple question.
> 
> I want to use TikZ in the document. The specific part of the document is:
> ---- snip ----
> \usemodule[tikz]
> \usetikzlibrary[positioning]
> ---- /snip -----
> 
> The problem seems to be that ConTeXt does not find the TikZ module. I use mkiv. The relevant
> output:
> ---- snip -----
> % context test-document.tex
> 
> mtx-context     | run 1: luatex --fmt="/home/gerion/.texlive/texmf-var/luatex-
> cache/context/0399a8df3aef8d154781d0a9c2b8e28d/formats/luatex/cont-en" --jobname="test-document"
> --lua="/home/gerion/.texlive/texmf-var/luatex-
> cache/context/0399a8df3aef8d154781d0a9c2b8e28d/formats/luatex/cont-en.lui" --no-parse-first-line
> --c:currentrun=1 --c:fulljobname="./test-document.tex" --c:input="./test-document.tex" --
> c:kindofrun=1 --c:maxnofruns=9 "cont-yes.mkiv"
> This is LuaTeX, Version 1.0.4 (TeX Live 2017) 
>  system commands enabled.
> open source     > 1 > 1 > /usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/mkiv/cont-yes.mkiv
> 
> ConTeXt  ver: 2016.05.17 19:20 MKIV current  fmt: 2017.6.11  int: english/english
> 
> system          > 'cont-new.mkiv' loaded
> open source     > 2 > 2 > /usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/mkiv/cont-new.mkiv
> close source    > 2 > 2 > /usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/mkiv/cont-new.mkiv
> system          > files > jobname 'test-document', input './test-document', result 'test-document'
> fonts           > latin modern fonts are not preloaded
> languages       > language 'en' is active
> open source     > 2 > 3 > /home/gerion/sourcecode/grisu/test-document/test-document.tex
> colors          > 'rgb' color space is supported
> colors          > 'cmyk' color space is supported
> resolvers       > modules > 'tikz' is not found
> 
> tex error       > tex error on line 6 in file /home/gerion/sourcecode/test-document/test-
> document.tex: ! Undefined control sequence
> 
> <recently read> \usetikzlibrary 
>                 
> l.6 \usetikzlibrary
>                  [positioning]
> 
>  1     \mainlanguage[de]
>  2     
>  3     \setupcolors[state=start]
>  4     
>  5     \usemodule[tikz]
>  6 >>  \usetikzlibrary[positioning]
>  7
> ----- /snip -----
> 
> Using TikZ within LaTeX is no problem in this distribution. Is this a problem of TeX Live (or the
> distribution packaging)?
> I've looked in the installed files of texlive-context and other modules are installed, even
> modules that require TikZ (eg. gantt).

With TL 2017 the following example works as without problems.  Post a minimal example to reproduce
your problem, otherwise we can't help you.  Also, your problem suggests a faulty TL installation.

\usemodule[tikz]
\usetikzlibrary[positioning]

\starttext

\tikz\node{Hello World!};

\stoptext


> Thanks in advance,
> Gerion
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