[OS X TeX] Installing packages

[Marcelo LaFleur]

This would be a very cool feature....


on 6/3/04 1:37 PM, Neal Stoughton at nmstough at uci.edu wrote:

> I am new to the Apple OS, being a longtime user of Miktex on Windows.  After
> reading up on the methods for the Apple, I installed the TeX "package" using
> i-installer.  But this didn't seem to install all the packages I really
> need.  I'm talking about the ones ending with *.sty and *.cls (beamer.cls
> for instance).  In Miktex when Im processing a file I get prompted to
> install one of these when it isnt present on my machine and it is
> automatically downloaded and installed and processing continues.  This
> doesn't seem to happen on the Apple.  Miktex also has a package manager that
> allows one to see which packages are installed and can be updated.  Is there
> something similar for the Apple?  How do I install these packages?  Thanks.
> Sent using the Microsoft Entourage 2004 for Mac Test Drive.
> 
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