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+<head>
+<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label install-find</title>
+</head><body>
+<h3>Finding packages to install</h3>
+<p/>How did you learn about the package?
+<p/>If the information came from these FAQs, you should already
+have a link to the file (there are lists at the end of each answer):
+
+ click on that link,
+and you can get the file, one way or another.
+<p/>If you heard about the file somewhere else, it&rsquo;s possible that the
+source told you where to look; if not, try the CTAN searching
+facilities, such as <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/search/">http://www.tex.ac.uk/search/</a>. That (rather
+simple) search engine can return data from a search of the CTAN
+catalogue (which covers most useful packages), or data from a search
+of the names of files on the archive.
+<p/>Packages come in a variety of different styles of distribution; the
+very simplest will actually offer just <i>package.sty</i> &mdash; in this
+case, just download the file and
+<a href="FAQ-inst-wlcf.html">get on with installation</a>.
+<p/>Normally, though, you will want <i>foo.sty</i> but that file is distributed
+in a LaTeX documented source file <i>foo.dtx</i>; thus you should
+search just for <em>foo</em> &mdash; <i>foo.sty</i> won&rsquo;t be visible
+anywhere on the archive or in the catalogue.
+<p/>Since most packages are distributed in this
+<code>.dtx</code>/<code>.ins</code> way, they usually occupy their own
+directory on the archive. Even if that directory contains other
+packages, you should download everything in the directory: as often as
+not, packages grouped in this way depend on each other, so that you
+really <em>need</em> the other ones.
+<p/>Having acquired the package distribution,
+&ldquo;<a href="FAQ-install-unpack.html">unpacking LaTeX packages</a>&rdquo; outlines
+your next step.
+<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=install-find">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=install-find</a>
+</body>