Where to copy .sty files

Omer Khalid

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Nov 20, 2009, 3:45:54 PM11/20/09

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Hi,

I have texlive 2007 installed with MacTex.

I need to use algorithmic and algorithms packages, so I got them from
CTAN site and extracted the *.sty files.

I tried to copy them to various places including ~/texmf/tex or ~/
Library/texmf/tex/latex or in the directory where my thesis tex files
are. Afterwards, I ran "texhash" command to refresh the database; but
it seems that my tex system still can't located the files as I keep on
getting the error about the missing algorithms.sty file.

I also tried to find "tlmgr" command on my OS X Lepord machine no
luck!

Any help in how to install these .sty files would be very much
appreciated.

Thanks,
Omer

## output of "kpsewhich -show-path=tex -progname=latex" command:

.:/Users/okhalid/.texlive2007/texmf-config/tex/latex//:/Users/
okhalid/.texlive2007/texmf-var/tex/latex//:/Users/okhalid/Library/
texmf/tex/latex//:!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-config/tex/
latex//:!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-var/tex/latex//:!!/usr/local/
texlive/2007/texmf/tex/latex//:!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/../texmf-
local/tex/latex//:!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/latex//:/
Users/okhalid/.texlive2007/texmf-config/tex/generic//:/Users/
okhalid/.texlive2007/texmf-var/tex/generic//:/Users/okhalid/Library/
texmf/tex/generic//:!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-config/tex/
generic//:!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-var/tex/generic//:!!/usr/
local/texlive/2007/texmf/tex/generic//:!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/../
texmf-local/tex/generic//:!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/
generic//:/Users/okhalid/.texlive2007/texmf-config/tex///:/Users/
okhalid/.texlive2007/texmf-var/tex///:/Users/okhalid/Library/texmf/
tex///:!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-config/tex///:!!/usr/local/
texlive/2007/texmf-var/tex///:!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf/
tex///:!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/../texmf-local/tex///:!!/usr/local/
texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex///

Robin Fairbairns

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Nov 20, 2009, 7:43:02 PM11/20/09

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Omer Khalid <okhali...@gmail.com> writes:
>I have texlive 2007 installed with MacTex.
>
>I need to use algorithmic and algorithms packages, so I got them from
>CTAN site and extracted the *.sty files.
>
>I tried to copy them to various places including ~/texmf/tex or ~/
>Library/texmf/tex/latex or in the directory where my thesis tex files
>are. Afterwards, I ran "texhash" command to refresh the database; but
>it seems that my tex system still can't located the files as I keep on
>getting the error about the missing algorithms.sty file.
>
>I also tried to find "tlmgr" command on my OS X Lepord machine no
>luck!

you won't have it, as has been explained in the thread on the tex live
list. tlmgr appeared in tl 2008.

>Any help in how to install these .sty files would be very much
>appreciated.

the position on the tree is important. to first order, it doesn't
actually matter which tree the files are on, it's just a matter of
tidiness. see

http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=installthings

for a walk-through of the whole process (some of which, like finding
the files, you've already done).

unfortunately, i've no access to a mac so there's nothing explicit
about macs in the sequence of stuff there. if you need the
mac-specific angle, go to the mactex list, i guess.
--
Robin Fairbairns, Cambridge

Victor Ivrii

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Nov 20, 2009, 8:30:51 PM11/20/09

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On Nov 20, 3:45 pm, Omer Khalid <okhalid.c...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have texlive 2007 installed with MacTex.
>
> I need to use algorithmic and algorithms packages, so I got them from
> CTAN site and extracted the *.sty files.
>
> I tried to copy them to various places including ~/texmf/tex or ~/
> Library/texmf/tex/latex or in the directory where my thesis tex files
> are. Afterwards, I ran "texhash" command to refresh the database; but
> it seems that my tex system still can't located the files as I keep on
> getting the error about the missing algorithms.sty file.
>
> I also tried to find "tlmgr" command on my OS X Lepord machine no
> luck!
>
> Any help in how to install these .sty files would be very much
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Omer
>
> ## output of "kpsewhich -show-path=tex -progname=latex" command:
>

/Users/okhalid/Library/texmf/tex/latex

So it sees the directory. And for ~/Library/texmf texhash is NOT
needed. Check if you misspelled package name

anyway: it is the very best time to go to

http://www.tug.org/mactex/2009/

and get MacTex2009 as TL2008 and earlier are frozen and TL2009 has
both of them

Victor Ivrii

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Nov 20, 2009, 8:34:47 PM11/20/09

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> unfortunately, i've no access to a mac so there's nothing explicit
> about macs in the sequence of stuff there. if you need the
> mac-specific angle, go to the mactex list, i guess.

The only mac specific is that MacTeX reads ~/Library/texmf rather than
~/texmf. Some external programs compiled from general Unix (cannot
recall) want to have it in ~/texmf (so if needed one can create
symlink ~/texmf -> ~/Library/texmf

Victor

Robin Fairbairns

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Nov 21, 2009, 9:40:46 AM11/21/09

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In article <a9d33995-86e0-4ad8...@m26g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>,

Victor Ivrii <viv...@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> unfortunately, i've no access to a mac so there's nothing explicit

>> about macs in the sequence of stuff there. =A0if you need the

>> mac-specific angle, go to the mactex list, i guess.
>
>The only mac specific is that MacTeX reads ~/Library/texmf rather than
>~/texmf. Some external programs compiled from general Unix (cannot
>recall) want to have it in ~/texmf (so if needed one can create
>symlink ~/texmf -> ~/Library/texmf

reference to ~/Library/texmf now in sources for next release of the
faq -- thank you.
--
Robin Fairbairns, Cambridge