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I have no knowledge of programming...

I have a MacBook OS10.6 with Tex Shop, updated...

after placing the zipped file into /Users/myname/Library/texmf/tex folder,

I open terminal in utilities and type texhash...this is what I get...

Last login: Tue Feb 15 12:31:42 on console You have mail.
anns-macbook:~ ann$
anns-macbook:~ ann$ texhash
texhash: /usr/local/texlive/2010/../texmf-local: directory not writable.
Skipping... texhash: /usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf: directory not writable.
Skipping... texhash: /usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-config: directory not writable.
Skipping... texhash: /usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist: directory not writable.
Skipping... texhash: /usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-var: directory not writable. 
Skipping... texhash: Done.

Any ideas, I can't use the pgf library in TeX Shop since TeX Shop can't seem to find the library in the folder structure I've created

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You need to call texhash as root (no idea how to do that on a mac) – Caramdir Feb 15 '11 at 19:09
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@ann. You seem to have TeX Live 2010 installed (or perhaps MacTeX 2010). It includes Tikz already: you should not need to add it. – Joseph Wright♦ Feb 15 '11 at 19:11
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When you say that you have TeXShop, do you mean that you have MacTeX: tug.org/mactex ? If so, then you should be able to run the "TeX Live Utility" (found in /Applications/TeX) to install PGF (and TikZ) if they're not already installed. – las3rjock Feb 15 '11 at 19:15
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As for your specific problem, you do not ordinarily have write permissions in /usr in Mac OS X, so you need to use sudo texhash instead of texhash (which is essentially what Caramdir is suggesting that you do). – las3rjock Feb 15 '11 at 19:18
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For what it's worth, the current version of PGF/TikZ on my MacTeX 2010 install (updated through the TeX Live Utility) is 2.10. – las3rjock Feb 15 '11 at 19:55
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To summarize what we've learned today:

  1. It is by far easier to keep MacTeX packages up-to-date by using the TeX Live Utility than by manually installing packages into ~/Library/texmf (~ is UNIX shorthand for the user's home directory, which is /Users/username in Mac OS X).
  2. (La)TeX commands, like most other computer commands, need to be invoked in exactly the right form. Simple typos (extra letters, missing letters, unmatched curly braces, etc.) can cause major headaches! In this case, \usetikzlibrary{mindmaps} (plural "mindmaps") is not the same as \usetikzlibrary{mindmap} (singular "mindmap").
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this is not really an answer, I think. Some bits are also inaccurate (you don't need sudo texhash to hash ~/Library/texhash, only to hash /usr/local/texmf. And indeed you don't need to hash ~/Library/texhash at all with TeX Live 2010.) – Joseph Wright♦ Feb 15 '11 at 21:22
@Joseph: It's just point 2 that's inaccurate, yes? Specifically, the lack of administrative privileges was responsible for the error messages that ann reported, but the underlying problem was trying to use a TikZ library that doesn't actually exist. – las3rjock Feb 15 '11 at 21:33
yes, that's the case – Joseph Wright♦ Feb 15 '11 at 21:39
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Okay, maybe my problem isn't what's installed but how I am using MacTex to generate a typeset...

When I begin a document as:

\documentclass{minimal} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{mindmaps}

and use an example from pgfmanual 2.10 from the packagedownload http://sourceforge.net/projects/pgf/

I get an error that mindmaps isn't found...so I presumed that mindmaps is part of the 2.10 version of tikz/pgf and I attempted to uninstall 2.0 and replace it with the download 2.10...

I've tried placing the downloaded package in /Users/myname/Library/texmf/tex and then running sudo texhash in the terminal, and still MacTex can't typeset the example for mindmaps...

any ideas?

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Please don't post additional information as an answer, but add it to the question. The answer space should be reserved for actual answers. – Caramdir Feb 15 '11 at 20:24
@Ann: You should rather edit your original question than provide an "answer". (God, do I feel nit-picky.) – lockstep Feb 15 '11 at 20:24
As other people have said: Instead of manually installing TikZ, use the update tool of MacTeX 2010 (if someone would by me a Mac, I could give you more detailed instructions...). – Caramdir Feb 15 '11 at 20:25
@ann: You have to separate unregistered users. Please register your account (I think there should be a link on your profile page). Then some moderator can merge the two accounts and you can edit your question again. – Caramdir Feb 15 '11 at 20:27
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I think the problem here is that you should be using \usetikzlibrary{mindmap} instead of \usetikzlibrary{mindmaps}. – las3rjock Feb 15 '11 at 20:59
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