Empty svg files

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I am using engine=tikz to produce a figure, which works fine for PDF.

However, If I want dev=svg, something goes wrong; the .svg file is basically just a skeleton. The .dvi file seems to be ok. I get the following message (on MacOS 10.15):

processing of PostScript specials is disabled (Ghostscript not found)
pre-processing DVI file (format version 2)
processing page 1
WARNING: 209 PostScript specials ignored. The resulting SVG might look wrong.
page is empty
graphic size: 0pt x 0pt (0mm x 0mm)
output written to path/to/myimage.svg

Same result with dev=svglite.

Do I need to install ghostscript? Any help appreciated!

EDIT:

This FAQ says that the above message is likely indicative of using Ghostscript version>=9.56.0 together with dvisvgm version<2.13.4, but I have:

$ gs --version
9.55.0

$ dvisvgm --version
2.13.3

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We need a FAQ: How to do a minimal reproducible example ( reprex ) for beginners

A handy way to supply some sample data is the dput() function. In the case of a large dataset something like dput(head(mydata, 100)) should supply the data we need.

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Thank you.

I just compiled the document on my Ubuntu 22.04 machine, and there the svg works just fine.

So, I am not sure how to make a reproducible example in this case, since it seems to be an issue with my MacOS environment.

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If it works on Ubuntu I'd just flag the thread as solved as it is more or less.
https://support.rstudio.com/hc/en-us/articles/200534577-Resetting-RStudio-Desktop-s-Statehttps://forum.posit.co/t/faq-how-do-i-mark-a-solution/5633

If it looks like an idiosyncratic MAc environment it is probably not worth pursuing at the moment.

Glad to hear of a solution, especially as I use Ubuntu 22.04 :slight_smile:

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Well, I would not really call "use a different computer" a solution :slightly_smiling_face:
Still hoping to fix it on my mac.

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A problem on a particular type of machine, when that machine is supported (a Mac) is still a problem. I use a Mac. If you have an example you can share, I'll try it on my Mac, and see if it is indeed a general problem on Mac's or if it's something related to just your machine. That will go a long way to helping figure it out either way.

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Thank you, what would be a good way of sharing it?
Simply pasting the contents of the .Rmd in a post here?

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That's one way. Or Pastebin.com and link to it here.

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