On Sat, Jul 25, 1998 at 02:45:50PM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote: > Jim Foltz wrote: > > Hello: > > > > Where can I install a package from ctan? I tried putting it in > > /usr/local/lib/texmf, then ran texhash as root. I thought this would be > > enough, but not so. What did I miss here? > > In that case, I believe, you have to tell texhash to also read > /usr/local/lib/texmf. > > Due to the fact that I know that TeX is a difficult package, I'd > suggest you either produce a .deb out of your additions and let > dpkg install it into /usr/lib/tex or install it in /usr/lib/tex > yourself - or third convince the TeX maintainer to also package > this package. Kristopher Rose expressed the idea of packaging > some of the unpackaged CTAN stuff. You might want to contact > him. > > Regards, > > Joey > > -- > A mathematician is a machine for converting coffee into theorems.
Well, texhash tells me: texhash: Updating /usr/lib/texmf/local/ls-R... texhash: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R... texhash: Updating /var/spool/texmf/ls-R... texhash: Done. And /usr/lib/texmf/local is a link to /usr/local/lib/texmf The ls-R file does show it knows where the envlab.sty (the ctan package I wanted to use) is. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
