Re: installing new latex document type - bst file not found by documents

From: David Z Maze (dmaze_at_debian.org)
Date: 11/28/03

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    To: Micha Feigin <michf@post.tau.ac.il>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 14:14:14 -0500

    Micha Feigin <michf@post.tau.ac.il> writes:

    > On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 10:53:04PM -0500, David Z Maze wrote:
    >> Micha Feigin <michf@post.tau.ac.il> 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. 

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