Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 10:53:04PM -0500, David Z Maze wrote: >> Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > I just installed the files for a new document type from cpan (latex8). >> > I put them into /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/latex8 and ran texhash. >> >> (/usr/local/share/texmf is probably a better pick; in this case, it's >> easier to distinguish "locally installed" from "dpkg maintained", but >> there's also a little more of a guarantee that various Debian packages >> won't step on it.) >> >> > The document type is recognized properly (the sty file is found by >> > latex), but when trying to use the bibliography style, (latex8.bst) >> > without a full path it is not found. >> >> You need to use one of the directories reported by 'kpsepath bst', or >> customize your texmf configuration. /usr/local/share/texmf/bibtex/bst >> is probably the best directory on the list. >> > > Thanx, moved the whole package to /usr/local/share/texmf/latex8/..., > linked the bst file from /usr/local/share/texmf/bibtex/bst and ran > texhash. Now the bst file is found but the sty file isn't found by > latex.
Similarly, 'kpsepath tex' will tell you where .sty files need to go; probably /usr/local/share/texmf/tex/latex8/ (or even tex/generic/latex8, going with your original directory layout) would work. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

