First, if you'll go to http://packages.debian.org you can see at the
bottom a form to search for file names in packages, specifically for
a4.sty you can find that tetex-extra includes a4.sty, just
apt-get install tetex-extra
and you'll be fine.
.dtx and .ins are the latex "package", you need to run it through latex
and they will produce the .sty file and anything else necessary.
* Alexis Wiasmitinow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010911 10:14]:
> Hi
>
> if I want to make a A4-small margins format, lyx (or latex) says "file a4.sty
> not found". I know from the latex configuration file that the package is not
> installed. so I tried to get it from ctan.tug.org but there is only a
> "a4.dtx" and a "a4.ins" file.
> so where do I get the a4.sty file?
>
> I got lyx from debian by apt-get, and so I have no idea what is the system
> between all the folders I have in my /usr/share/texmf directory.
> so what has to be put where?
>
> what is the debian package with a4.sty in it?
> the geometry package would also be nice, but my problems are the same than
> above...
>
> thanks Alexis Wiasmitinow
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