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+<head>
+<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label inst-wlcf</title>
+</head><body>
+<h3>Installing files &ldquo;where (La)TeX can find them&rdquo;</h3>
+<p/>In the past, package documentation used always to tell you to put your
+files &ldquo;where LaTeX can find them&rdquo;; this was always unhelpful &mdash;
+if you knew where that <em>was</em>, you didn&rsquo;t need telling, but if you
+<em>didn&rsquo;t</em> know, you were completely stuck.
+<p/>It was from this issue that the whole idea of the TDS sprang;
+&ldquo;where to put&rdquo; questions now come down to &ldquo;where&rsquo;s the TDS
+tree?&rdquo;.
+<p/>We therefore answer the question by considering:
+<ul>
+<li> <a href="FAQ-what-TDS.html">what tree to use</a>, and
+<li> <a href="FAQ-install-where.html">where in the tree to put the files</a>.
+</ul>
+<p/>Once we know the answer to both questions, and we&rsquo;ve created any
+directories that are needed, we simply copy files to their rightful
+location.
+<p/>This has done what the old requirement specified: LaTeX (or
+whatever) <em>can</em> (in principle) find the files. However, in order
+that the software <em>will</em> find the files, we need to update an
+index file.
+<p/>On a MiKTeX system, open the window
+ <code>Start</code>-&gt;
+ <code>All Programs</code>-&gt;
+ <code>MiKTeX &lt;<i>version</i>&gt;</code>-&gt;
+ <code>Settings</code>,
+and click on <code>Refresh FNDB</code>.
+The job may also be done in a command window, using the command:
+<blockquote>
+<pre>
+initexmf -u
+</pre>
+</blockquote><p>
+See the MiKTeX documentation for further details about
+<code>initexmf</code>.
+<p/>On a teTeX or TeX-live-based system, use the command
+<code>texhash</code> (or if that&rsquo;s not available, <code>mktexlsr</code> &mdash;
+they ought to be different names for the same program).
+<p/>Having done all this, the new package will be available for use.
+<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=inst-wlcf">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=inst-wlcf</a>
+</body>