Circuitikz - R (resistor does not compile

Question

It looks almost like it can't get any simpler. I try to compile this test circuit:

\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[siunitx]{circuitikzgit}
\begin{document}

\begin{circuitikz} 
 \draw (0,0) to[dcisource=1A, i_=$i_1$] (2,0);
 \draw (0,2) to[C] (2,2);
 \draw (0,4) to[R] (2,4);
\end{circuitikz}

\end{document}

And then it chokes on the R:

 Undefined control sequence.
\pgf@sh@bg@resistorshape ...sformationadjustments 
                                                  \pgfmathsetlength {\pgf@ci...
l.8  \draw (0,4) to[R] (2,4)
                            ;

The dcisource and C are only included to make sure circuitikz in general works. If I swap the R and C, the result is the same, that is an error on R. So I am sure it is not an error in a drawing statement.

I downloaded circuitikzgit.sty from GitHub and placed it in the current working directory. The circuitikz in my Debian version is way too old (0.3) and causes a bunch of other problems. I have verified circuitikzgit is loaded and not an old version.

I have Tikz 3.0

xstring 2013/10/13

siunitx 2014/10/01 v2.6c

I can't see any error that I make. Is it a bug?

Answer 1

I have solved substituting \usepackage[siunitx]{circuitikz} instead of \usepackage[siunitx]{circuitikzgit} and the code work well (see image). On the site https://github.com/circuitikz/circuitikz You can see that if you want to use or try the git version, just add a git to the name of the package:

\usepackage{circuitikzgit}

o, per ConTeXt,

\usepackage[circuitikzgit]

NOTES

Using Latest Git Version The latest git-version can be used with the following steps:

Download circuitikzgit.sty here https://circuitikz.github.io/circuitikz/circuitikzgit.sty Place it into your local latex project or (for global use) within your local texmf tree (often ~/texmf) Load the package with \usepackage{circuitikzgit} instead of \usepackage{circuitikz} The used circuitikz version can checked using the latex commands \pgfcircversion and \pgfcircversiondate, respectively.

This can also be used to check the latest version for compatibility issues before upgrading. Therefore just switch between the two \usepackage commands.

\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[siunitx]{circuitikz} 
\begin{document}

\begin{circuitikz} 
 \draw (0,0) to[dcisource=1A, i_=$i_1$] (2,0);
 \draw (0,2) to[C] (2,2);
 \draw (0,4) to[R] (2,4);
\end{circuitikz}

\end{document}

Answer 2

Solved! Added [european] to the circuitikz options.

\usepackage[siunitx,european]{circuitikz}

I don't know the real cause, but I want to use EU stype anyway. So this is solved for the moment.

Still don't understand why USA style is not allowed but at least my project is not stalled anymore.

jlinkels