`dot2tex` needs root access to work?

Question

I am currently having an issue when trying to compile some LaTeX with a dot2tex environment : I get an error saying

Opening dot2tex stream test-dot2tex-fig1.dotTraceback (most recent call last):
  File "~/.local/bin/dot2tex", line 7, in <module>
    from dot2tex.dot2tex import main
  File "~/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dot2tex/__init__.py", line 36, in <module>
    __version__ = d2t.__version__
AttributeError: module 'dot2tex' has no attribute '__version__'

when trying to compile with pdflatex --shell-escape file.tex : I don't have the figure in the produced pdf.
However, if I add sudo before that, the command works and the pdf is produced correctly.

Does anyone know how I can solve that problem ?

Here is a minimal code that produces the error :

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[a4paper]{geometry}
\usepackage{dot2texi}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes,arrows}

\begin{document}

\begin{dot2tex}[dot,mathmode,scale = 0.5]
digraph G {
node [shape="circle"];
a [label = "a"];
b [label = "b"];
b -> a ;
}
\end{dot2tex}

\end{document}

How did you install dot2tex? This looks like you have two installations: one as user, which is broken and one working as root. Try removing all dot2tex installations and then do one pip install dot2tex. — DG', Feb 14 '19 at 20:08
I did a pip uninstall dot2tex and then reinstall : the bug was still there. Should I do something more to uninstall ? — GBathie, Feb 14 '19 at 20:23
Did you use python2 or python3? I get the errors with python3 but if I install dot2texwith pip2 install --user dot2tex it works. — DG', Feb 14 '19 at 21:06
dot2tex seems pretty much abandoned and looking for a new maintainer since 2017. — DG', Feb 14 '19 at 21:14
Doing it with python2 seems to have fixed it - I used python 3.6. Thanks ! — GBathie, Feb 16 '19 at 10:17

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 16 '19 at 14:14

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dot2tex seems to broken for python 3. You have to use python 2 instead:

Uninstall dot2tex for python 3: $ pip3 uninstall dot2tex
Install dot2tex for python 2: $ pip2 install dot2tex

answered Feb 16 '19 at 14:14

DG'

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`dot2tex` needs root access to work?

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