[Tex/LaTex] Using pgfgantt: compilation issue

pgfgantt

I'm fairly new to latex and while using pgfgantt package to create a gantt chart, I ran into a compilation issue I can't seem to figure out.

There's no error message or anything, but the code won't stop building for a long time that I eventually have to stop the process. I'm using texmaker on Mac environment. I think there might be an issue with where I unzipped the .sty files? I had to create texmf folder in my ~/Library directory, and all the packages are within ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex/gantclass. I have a folder that I don't remember creating called texlive. Was I supposed to put the files in there instead?

My code is as follows:

\subsection*{Timeline}
    \begin{ganttchart}{1}{14}
        \gantttitle{Two-Week Project Timeline} \\
        \gantttitlelist{1,...,14}{1} \\
        \ganttbar{Gather Tweets}{1}{2} \\
        \ganttlinkedbar{Curate Comments}{3}{7} \\
        \ganttmilestone{Milestone}{7}
        \ganttbar{Implement Naive Bayes}{6}{11} \\
        \ganttlinkedbar{Train}{9}{11} \\
        \ganttmilestone{Milestone}{11} \\
        \ganttbar{Evaluate}{11}{13} \\
        \ganttmilestone{Milestone}{13} \\
        \ganttbar{Test}{14} \\
    \end{ganttchart}

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!

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I could reproduce the error. You forgot an argument for \gantttitle and one for \ganttbar. Take a look at this code (the comments indicate the fixes):

\documentclass{article}


\usepackage{pgfgantt}

\begin{document}
\subsection*{Timeline}
    \begin{ganttchart}{1}{15}
        \gantttitle{Two-Week Project Timeline}{15} \\ %missing number of time slots
        \gantttitlelist{1,...,14}{1} \\
        \ganttbar{Gather Tweets}{1}{2} \\
        \ganttlinkedbar{Curate Comments}{3}{7} \\
        \ganttmilestone{Milestone}{7}
        \ganttbar{Implement Naive Bayes}{6}{11} \\
        \ganttlinkedbar{Train}{9}{11} \\
        \ganttmilestone{Milestone}{11} \\
        \ganttbar{Evaluate}{11}{13} \\
        \ganttmilestone{Milestone}{13} \\
        \ganttbar{Test}{14}{15} \\%missing end slot
    \end{ganttchart}  
\end{document}

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RESULT: From MWE.

RESULT: title height=1,bar height=1,bar top shift=.0,

MWE:

\documentclass[border=20pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfgantt}
\usetikzlibrary{patterns}
%Create a new patern for firefox and adobe reader from https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/219808/154390
\pgfdeclarepatternformonly{north east lines b}{\pgfqpoint{0pt}{0pt}}{\pgfqpoint{3.4pt}{3.4pt}}{\pgfqpoint{3.4pt}{3.4pt}}%
{
  \pgfsetlinewidth{1pt}
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  \pgfpathmoveto{\pgfqpoint{0pt}{0pt}}
  \pgfpathlineto{\pgfqpoint{3.4pt}{3.4pt}}
  %Complement line north east
  \pgfpathmoveto{\pgfqpoint{-1pt}{2.4pt}}
  \pgfpathlineto{\pgfqpoint{1pt}{4.4pt}}
  %Complement line south west
  \pgfpathmoveto{\pgfqpoint{2.4pt}{-1pt}}
  \pgfpathlineto{\pgfqpoint{4.4pt}{1pt}}
  \pgfusepath{stroke}
}
\begin{document}
\tikzstyle{TextNod}=[
    yshift=0pt,
    fill=white,
    inner sep=0.5pt,
    fill opacity=0.7,
    text opacity=1
]
\begin{ganttchart}[
        bar/.append style={
            pattern=north east lines b,
            pattern color=red,
        },
        bar incomplete/.append style={
            pattern=north east lines b,
            pattern color=blue,
        },
        y unit title=0.5cm,
        y unit chart=0.5cm,
        title height=1,
        bar height=.5,
        bar top shift=.275,
        hgrid=true,
        vgrid={*1{dotted}}
    ]{1}{8}
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    \ganttbar[name=A]{A}{1}{5} \\
    \gantttitlelist{1,...,8}{1}
    \node[TextNod] at (A.center){\tiny some text};
    \node[TextNod] at (B.center){\tiny some text};

\end{ganttchart}

\end{document}

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