how to use pstrick with pdflatex
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latex grafik.tex
dvips grafik.dvi
ps2pdf grafik.ps

pdfcrop grafik.pdf grafik-crop.pdf % <--- cuts white border
pdflatex dokument.tex


install tigl and tixi
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go to https://code.google.com/p/tigl/wiki/Downloads?tm=2
download Source Code for tigl (tixi included)
extract ; go to misc
run: ./get_tigl_tixi.sh openSUSE_13.1 x86_64
the libs are created in .tar.gz file

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export TIXI_HOME="/home/rene/application/TIGL-2.1.2-openSUSE_13.1-x86_64"
export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$TIXI_HOME/share/tixi/python/
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$TIXI_HOME/lib64


export TIGL_HOME="/home/rene/application/TIGL-2.1.2-openSUSE_13.1-x86_64"
export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$TIGL_HOME/share/tigl/python/
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$TIGL_HOME/lib64
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# got to: vi ~/.profile
# copy above exports