1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
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>
|
