[OS X TeX] Where Should 'Package' Files be Stored?

[Franck Pastor]

Le 10 janv. 2012 à 21:06, Charlie Ros5e a écrit :

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> Gentlefolk ....
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> I'm going to have to download some packages (e.g., amssymb, graphicx, cancel, latexsym, etc.). Where shall I store these files so they'll be accessible to TexShop? I've looked on the internet and various TexShop user documents, but have found nothing. A note I left for myself back in 2007 reads:
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>   "LaTeX will find any file in    ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex    or a subdirectory of this folder."
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> Is this still true?
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> I'm running TexShop ver. 2.43 on OS X ver. 10.6.8. If this path *is* still true, will it also be true for earlier versions of TexShop and OS X ... and which earliest versions?
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> With many thanks ..... !

No need. If you are using MacTeX, all these packages are already installed and available.