Dear all, I am sorry for posting several times. This is the summary.
By installing the two rpm packages: # rpm -ivh tetex-natbib-8.31a-1.PU_IAS.1.noarch.rpm # rpm -ivh tetex-revtex-4.1-1.PU_IAS.1.noarch.rpm as can be downloaded from the URLs of http://pkgs.org/centos-5-rhel-5/puias-unsupported-i386/tetex-natbib-8.31a-1.PU_IAS.1.noarch.rpm.html http://pkgs.org/centos-5-rhel-5/puias-unsupported-i386/tetex-revtex-4.1-1.PU_IAS.1.noarch.rpm.html on Scientific Linux 5/6 (or RHEL 5/6 or CentOS 5/6), we can compile the old TeX articles for APS files with REVTeX 4 by latex, starting with %% This file is part of the APS files in the REVTeX 4 distribution. %% Version 4.0 of REVTeX, August 2001 %% %% %% Copyright (c) 2001 The American Physical Society. % % This is a template for producing manuscripts for use with REVTEX 4.0 % Copy this file to another name and then work on that file. % That way, you always have this original template file to use. % % Add 'draft' option to mark overfull boxes with black boxes % Add 'showpacs' option to make PACS codes appear % Add 'showkeys' option to make keywords appear % %\documentclass[aps,prl,preprint,groupedaddress]{revtex4} \documentclass[aps,prl,preprint,superscriptaddress,showpacs]{revtex4} %\documentclass[aps,prl,twocolumn,groupedaddress]{revtex4} %\documentclass[aps,prl,twocolumn,superscriptaddress,showpacs]{revtex4} <snif> and the recent TeX articles for APS files with REVTeX 4.1 starting with %% ****** Start of file apstemplate.tex ****** % %% %% %% This file is part of the APS files in the REVTeX 4 distribution. %% Version 4.1r of REVTeX, August 2010 %% %% %% Copyright (c) 2001, 2009, 2010 The American Physical Society. %% %% See the REVTeX 4 README file for restrictions and more information. %% % % This is a template for producing manuscripts for use with REVTEX 4.0 % Copy this file to another name and then work on that file. % That way, you always have this original template file to use. % % Group addresses by affiliation; use superscriptaddress for long % author lists, or if there are many overlapping affiliations. % For Phys. Rev. appearance, change preprint to twocolumn. % Choose pra, prb, prc, prd, pre, prl, prstab, prstper, or rmp for journal % Add 'draft' option to mark overfull boxes with black boxes % Add 'showpacs' option to make PACS codes appear % Add 'showkeys' option to make keywords appear %\documentclass[aps,prl,preprint,groupedaddress]{revtex4-1} %\documentclass[aps,prl,preprint,superscriptaddress]{revtex4-1} \documentclass[aps,prl,twocolumn,superscriptaddress]{revtex4-1} %\documentclass[aps,prl,reprint,groupedaddress]{revtex4-1} <snif> on the same environment at the same time. This rpm packages seems to be great ! I think this is the most easy way to co-exist of revtex4 and revtex4-1 on SL4/5 (and RHLE 4/5 and CentOS4/5). Best regards, Takashi Ichihara (RIKEN) >> On 2011.11.1 at 1:31 PM (JST), Jon Peatfiel wrote, >> >>> On Mon, 31 Oct 2011, Takashi ichihara wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Dear colleagues, >>>> >>>> Recently APS Journals require RevTex 4.1 as well as the latest version >>>> of the natbib package, version 8.31a which was released in November >>>> 2009. >>>> >>>> https://authors.aps.org/revtex4/ >>>> >>>> However, in the default TeX installation of SL6.1 (and SL5.7), only the >>>> RevTex4 and old versions of natbib are installed. >>>> >>> <snip> >>> >>>> Does anyone know how to install RevTex 4.1 as well as the latest >>>> version >>>> of the natbib package, version 8.31a which was released in November >>>> 2009 >>>> on SL5 and SL6 as system wide ? >>>> >>>> Thank you in advance. >>>> >>> For complex reasons we need to maintain availability of the default >>> and older revtex (including the revtex 3.1!), so for revtex 4.1 we >>> added a directory in texmf.local (but outside the usual search >>> places) containing updated versions of: >>> >>> revtex, natbib, url >>> >>> those being the latest versions taken striaght from CTAN - latest at >>> the time we were asked for it. Then for users to use it they need to >>> set TEXINPUTS to include that directory before :: (meaning 'the usual >>> path' of course), e.g. in our case (for historical reasons) we keep >>> tex in /opt/tetex/ so the path to add is: >>> /opt/tetex/share/texmf.local/revtex-4.1 and users can set something >>> like: >>> >>> export TEXINPUTS=/opt/tetex/share/texmf.local/revtex-4.1:: >>> >>> and similarly for BIBINPUTS/BSTINPUTS for bibtex etc. >>> >>> It is a bit of pain for users, but I really don't like messing with >>> the existing default installed revtex as I have too many nightmares >>> about breaking existing documents doing something similar many years >>> ago. >>> >>>
