[OS X TeX] How to install packages?

[Martin Stokhof]

On 29 Nov, 2005, at 17:44, Greg Starr wrote:

> OK, I've looked through CTAN, TUG, etc., but I can't seem to find a 
> "simple" explanation of how to install packages.  It is a little 
> overwhelming.
>
> I know this is a pretty mundane question for the experts who 
> constitute the majority of this group, but could someone point me to 
> an explanation of just how to install a package?  What goes where, 
> etc.?
>
> Many thanks!
>
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Assuming you use Gerben Wierda's teTeX installation, you can find an 
explanation of where to put additional package, style files etc, here:
http://ii2.sourceforge.net/tex-index.html#not%20found

Hth,
Martin Stokhof

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