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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-install-find.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-install-find.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..cf04c651947 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-install-find.html @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +<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’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> — 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> — <i>foo.sty</i> won’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, +“<a href="FAQ-install-unpack.html">unpacking LaTeX packages</a>” 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> |