MiKTeX: Can't find bbold.sty?

[Peter C. Chapin]

Hello! I'm attempting to use "blackboard bold" in some of my
mathematical notation. I'm using MiKTeX v2.3 on Win2k and LaTeX. I do
\usepackage{bbold} in the document preamble and then in the document I
have something like

"... matrix $A \in \bbold{C}^{n \times n}$ is ..."

When I attempt to compile the document I'm told

LaTeX Error: File `bbold.sty' not found.

Now, the bbold package is installed according to the MiKTeX package
manager. When I look at the documentation for the package I see an
INSTALL file. I was able to locate some, but not all, of the files
mentioned in that document elsewhere in my texmf tree, but I'm not
familiar enough with the layout of texmf to really know what I'm looking
for. I'm not even sure where bbold.sty should be located. Can anyone
point me in the right direction to at least get me started?

Thanks!

Peter

[Morten Høgholm]

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 18:16:39 -0400, Peter C. Chapin <pchapin-
ne...@ecet.vtc.edu> wrote:

>
> Hello! I'm attempting to use "blackboard bold" in some of my mathematical
> notation. I'm using MiKTeX v2.3 on Win2k and LaTeX. I do
> \usepackage{bbold} in the document preamble and then in the document I
> have something like
>
> "... matrix $A \in \bbold{C}^{n \times n}$ is ..."
>
> When I attempt to compile the document I'm told
>
> LaTeX Error: File `bbold.sty' not found.
>
> Now, the bbold package is installed according to the MiKTeX package
> manager. When I look at the documentation for the package I see an
> INSTALL file. I was able to locate some, but not all, of the files

Didn't you also see a file "readme-miktex.txt"? It says why the file
bbold.sty isn't available. However this file is from January 2002 and the
newest update of bbold.dtx on ctan is form April 2002. The changes seems to
regard legal stuff only (of which I will speak no further).

> mentioned in that document elsewhere in my texmf tree, but I'm not
> familiar enough with the layout of texmf to really know what I'm looking
> for. I'm not even sure where bbold.sty should be located. Can anyone
> point me in the right direction to at least get me started?

Well, there's always ctan.org. Just download bbold.dtx, run latex on it and
place the resulting files in

texmf/latex/bbold

Then run "initexmf -u" and you're done.
--
Morten Høgholm

[Peter C. Chapin]

In article <oprs3gf6...@news.sunsite.dk>, moho...@student.cbs.dk
says...

> Didn't you also see a file "readme-miktex.txt"?

Actually, no. In fact a search of my texmf directory structure (using a
search program, not manual) didn't turn it up either. I guess I don't
have it.

> Well, there's always ctan.org. Just download bbold.dtx, run latex on it and
> place the resulting files in
>
> texmf/latex/bbold
>
> Then run "initexmf -u" and you're done.

Okay. I'll look into that. Thanks!

Peter