[OS X TeX] Installing a new Package

[Herbert Schulz]

On Jul 4, 2008, at 4:14 PM, BenBehr wrote:

> Hi,
> i am trying to install a new pacage on my mac. I have no experience  
> with the terminal and i haven't used the i-installer for the  
> original installation. Is there any easy to use guide out there on  
> how to install a latex package? i ma using the texlive distribution.
>
> Thanks,
> Ben

Howdy,

For personal use place packages in ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex/ (or sub- 
directories of that directory). Note that ~ means your HOME directory.  
Also, you can just create folders and sub-folders as you go along if  
they don't already exist.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)