For a TDS-conformant system, the 'right place' for a LaTeX. The 'right place' sometimes causes confusion, especially if your TeX installation is old or does not conform to the TeX Directory Structure(TDS).
Packages installed by hand should always be placed in your 'local' directory tree, not in the directory tree containing all the pre-installed packages.
Install the files While the documentation is printing, move or copy the package files from your temporary directory to the right place in your TeX local installation directory tree. If you want the index to be created properly, follow the steps in the indexing section.
idx as well, it means that the document contains an index, too.
If you prefer to create PDF then run pdfLaTeX instead.
dvi file of documentation explaining what the package is for and how to use it. You might need to run it twice or more, to get the cross-references right (just like any other LaTeX document). Create the documentation Run LaTeX on the. Note down or print the names of the files created if there are a lot of them (read the log file if you want to see their names again).Ģ. dtx file (which is why you must have both of them present in the temporary directory). This will extract all the files needed from the. ins filename in a command window in your temporary directory. That is, open the file in your editor and process it as if it were a LaTeX document (which it is), or if you prefer, type latex followed by the. (These steps can also be used on the pieces of a complicated package you wrote yourself in this case, skip straight to Step 3.)ġ. There are five steps to installing a LaTeX package. You should of course read this file first. There will often be a readme.txt with a brief description of the package. dtx file.ĭownload the package files to a temporary directory.