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diff --git a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-inst-wlcf.html b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-inst-wlcf.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..ec1eb84f888 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-inst-wlcf.html @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +<head> +<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label inst-wlcf</title> +</head><body> +<h3>Installing files “where (La)TeX can find them”</h3> +<p/>In the past, package documentation used always to tell you to put your +files “where LaTeX can find them”; this was always unhelpful — +if you knew where that <em>was</em>, you didn’t need telling, but if you +<em>didn’t</em> know, you were completely stuck. +<p/>It was from this issue that the whole idea of the TDS sprang; +“where to put” questions now come down to “where’s the TDS +tree?”. +<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’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>-> + <code>All Programs</code>-> + <code>MiKTeX <<i>version</i>></code>-> + <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’s not available, <code>mktexlsr</code> — +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> |