[OS X TeX] texhash-ing and ~/Library tex directory

[Herbert Schulz]

On Nov 28, 2006, at 9:59 AM, Nathan Paxton wrote:

> 	Hi all,
>
> 	I have a few style files and such installed into ~/Library/texmf/ 
> [various subdirectories, including /latex].  I'm using the GW  
> texlive distribution, from the 10 November MacTeX distribution.   
> (I'm on a PPC, OS 10.4.8.)
>
> 	I've "sudo texhash"ed a couple of times, to include those style  
> files and packages for my use (including pdfsync), but TeX seems  
> not to know they are there, because I keep getting the error "LaTeX  
> Error: File `pdfsync.sty' not found".
>
> 	What have I missed?
>
> Best,
> -N

Howdy,

All .sty files should be placed in sub-directories of ~/Library/texmf/ 
tex/latex/. Create the directories if they doesn't exist. You don't  
need to run texhash for items placed in this personal tree.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)


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