[OS X TeX] personal package : following 2

[Richard Koch]

Karine,

You do NOT have a problem. Don't reinstall.

I bet the files you listed are NOT in /Library, but are instead in /Applications.
We install graphic applications like TeX Live Utility, a little documentation, and
TeXShop in 

	/Applications/TeX

On a Unix machine like OSX, TeX itself is in hidden directories: primarily

	/usr/local/texlive/2010

That's because such machines often support many users, all using the same
TeX installation, and you wouldn't want one user messing with everybody else.

In /Applications/TeX, you should find a document called
"What Is Installed.pdf". This will explain where everything lives. 

I wrote you privately about personal files. These style
files and class files should be put int

	~/Library/texmf/tex/latex

Here ~/Library is the Library folder in your home directory, NOT the system Library
folder. You will have to create the subdirectories texmf, tex, and latex. You can put
your files in subdirectories of this final "latex" directory if you like.

Dick Koch

PS: For much more information on your MacTeX installation, go to

	www.tug.org/mactex

This page has very extension documentation about the installation, and a FAQ
page which should answer many of your questions.

On Dec 23, 2010, at 3:15 AM, Karine Fourlon wrote:

> Hello again,
> 
> I thought I used the MacTex installer, but I don't find any reference to it in the folders.
> 
> My tree in the Home Library is :
> Library / Tex / Tex live utility - Excalibur-LuaTex and XeTex Etc. Not the usual stuff I used to have on PC
> another is : Library / texlive / 2010 / texmf-var and more folders leading to nothing.
> 
> The "normal " folders are on the HD, there I have Tex / Local / tex / latex / local. I also put my .cls and .sty files there.
> 
> If I understand well, the files are not in the right library. Do I have to reinstall maxTex to get it properly ?
> 
> 
> Thanks to you all.
> 
> Karine
> 
> PS for Richard : I promise, next time I will make an example, but I think the problem is not in my tex files (in the example).
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:01:47 +0100
> From: Karine Fourlon <fourlon.karine at wanadoo.fr>
> Subject: [OS X TeX] personal packages- following
> To: macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu
> Message-ID: <2C3F09A1-1F04-48AF-AE55-B9CCFF5B3D9E at wanadoo.fr>
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> 
> Thank you for your answers, but I have tried what Justin advised first :  I created a texmf folder in the library and put my files in. But it doesn't seem to work.
> 
> Then I found the Tex Latex local files as André advised, no more result. I tried Refresh package list. Nothing. 
> I typed "texhash" in the terminal (with and without quotation marks) : nothing.
> 
> Any more ideas ????
> Thanks again.
> Karine
> 
> 
> 
> Le 21 déc. 2010 à 09:14, Justin C. Walker a écrit :
> 
>> 
>> On Dec 21, 2010, at 00:01 , Karine Fourlon wrote:
>> 
>>> I used to have LaTex on PC and I am starting with Mac, Texlive. I have some personal packages .cls and .sty and I can't find where to put them.
>> 
>> Personal TeX components go in ~/Library/texmf, underneath which the structure mirrors the system's texmf directory, e.g.,
>> 
>> % ls ~/Library/texmf/
>> bibtex	doc	ls-R	tex
>> 
>> ('~' being your home directory)
>> 
>> HTH
>> 
>> Justin
>> 
> 
> This /texmf/ directory in your /Library/ (or /Bibliothèque/...) has to be created. 
> 
> You can also use "Go to directory (or folder)..." (Aller au dossier...) in the Finder Goto menu and type /usr. You find there a host of directories for Unix usage, usually unknown to the Mac user (/usr is the defect, I think you shall have nothing to type in). 
> 
> There you will find /local, then /texlive, then /texmf-local/... /tex... /latex... then /local again. You can put your .cls and .sty at this place.
> 
> They will be able to be uses by any user in your computer.
> 
> I suppose it is necessary to run "texhash" in the Terminal to make texlive aware of the new files. 
> 
> André
> 
> To open the Terminal, open the Applications folder, then Utilitaires (I don'to know the English name, but you have a .fr address), then Terminal.  
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:14:11 -0600
> From: Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com>
> Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] personal packages- following
> To: TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List <macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu>
> Message-ID: <7DBCAEA6-910E-45CC-B6D6-A11BA38E0347 at wideopenwest.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
> 
> 
> On Dec 22, 2010, at 11:01 AM, Karine Fourlon wrote:
> 
>> Thank you for your answers, but I have tried what Justin advised first :  I created a texmf folder in the library and put my files in. But it doesn't seem to work.
>> 
>> Then I found the Tex Latex local files as André advised, no more result. I tried Refresh package list. Nothing. 
>> I typed "texhash" in the terminal (with and without quotation marks) : nothing.
>> 
>> Any more ideas ????
>> Thanks again.
>> Karine
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Le 21 déc. 2010 à 09:14, Justin C. Walker a écrit :
>> 
>>> 
>>> On Dec 21, 2010, at 00:01 , Karine Fourlon wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I used to have LaTex on PC and I am starting with Mac, Texlive. I have some personal packages .cls and .sty and I can't find where to put them.
>>> 
>>> Personal TeX components go in ~/Library/texmf, underneath which the structure mirrors the system's texmf directory, e.g.,
>>> 
>>> % ls ~/Library/texmf/
>>> bibtex	doc	ls-R	tex
>>> 
>>> ('~' being your home directory)
>>> 
>>> HTH
>>> 
>>> Justin
>>> 
>> 
>> This /texmf/ directory in your /Library/ (or /Bibliothèque/...) has to be created. 
>> 
>> You can also use "Go to directory (or folder)..." (Aller au dossier...) in the Finder Goto menu and type /usr. You find there a host of directories for Unix usage, usually unknown to the Mac user (/usr is the defect, I think you shall have nothing to type in). 
>> 
>> There you will find /local, then /texlive, then /texmf-local/... /tex... /latex... then /local again. You can put your .cls and .sty at this place.
>> 
>> They will be able to be uses by any user in your computer.
>> 
>> I suppose it is necessary to run "texhash" in the Terminal to make texlive aware of the new files. 
>> 
>> André
>> 
>> To open the Terminal, open the Applications folder, then Utilitaires (I don'to know the English name, but you have a .fr address), then Terminal.  
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> You said you installed TeX Live. Did you install it using the MacTeX installer package (recommended) or did you install TeX Live directly? The following is if you installed using the MacTeX installer package.
> 
> Into which Library folder did you put your personal texmf tree? It should go into the Library folder in your HOME folder, NOT the one at the root of your HD.
> 
> Where did you put your files? They must go into the standard locations within the tree: package files (cls, sty, fd) files go into ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex/ (or sub-folders thereof); bib and bst files go into ~/Library/texmf/bibtex/bib/ and ~/Library/texmf/bibtex/bst/ respectively. Remember, ~/Library/ is the Library folder in your HOME folder. You will have to create the folder hierarchy the first time around.
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
> 
> 
> 
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