Problem compiling Tikz automaton library example

Question

This doesn't compile for me (adapted from p.521 of the Tikz manual, v3.0.0):

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{automata}

\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}[shorten >=1pt,node distance=2cm,on grid,auto]
\draw[help lines] (0,0) grid (3,2);
\node[state,initial] (q_0) {$q_0$};
\node[state] (q_1) [above right=of q_0] {$q_1$};
\node[state] (q_2) [below right=of q_0] {$q_2$};
\node[state,accepting](q_3) [below right=of q_1] {$q_3$};
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

Tikz doesn't seem to recognize on grid or the of operator. I was previously using Tikz 2.1 so I went through a laborious manual upgrade to TeXLive 2014 so that I could pull version 3.0.0 into my Ubuntu system.

Unfortunately I'm getting exactly the same error, so I must be missing something really quite silly. Help?

Try with \usetikzlibrary{positioning} and take a look at why-should-the-minimal-class-be-avoided — Ignasi, Oct 29 '14 at 17:57
I think you need to at least add \usetikzlibrary{positioning} for the above right = of option. Not sure about on grid, though. And I'm on mobile at the moment. — Adam Liter, Oct 29 '14 at 17:59
Ok, that does it. Please add as an answer. (Shame the examples aren't more self-contained!) — Roly, Oct 29 '14 at 17:59
@Ignasi Thanks, replaced 'minimal' by 'article' in the question. — Roly, Oct 29 '14 at 18:00
@Roly In general, as you are reading Tikz manual, you need to remember to include the library you are currently reading about. I burned my fingers :) — ajeh, Oct 29 '14 at 20:28

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 30 '14 at 08:09

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You forgot to include positioning library (section 17.5.3 Advanced Placement Options) which is needed when of parts are used in node placement specifications.

answered Oct 30 '14 at 08:09

Ignasi

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