{packages} is about packages in general, e.g. about choosing, installing or using packages. For questions about writing packages, choose {package-writing} instead. If your question concerns a specific package, choose its name as tag. For {document-classes} or {templates} use the respective tag.
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2answers
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Which packages are automatically included by memoir?
I am currently including:
\usepackage[ruled,vlined]{algorithm2e}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{bm}
\usepackage{cancel}
\usepackage{fixltx2e}
\usepackage{float}
...
4
votes
3answers
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Why is the wrong version of a package being loaded?
I was trying out Will Robertson's answer to this question and couldn't get it to compile correctly. Chasing through the log output, it seems that an old version of a package is getting loaded instead ...
3
votes
1answer
188 views
Can I avoid connecting to MiKTeX update server? [closed]
It seems that each time I try to update/install new packages, the MiKTeX update wizard will internally first connect to http://api.miktex.org/Repository.asmx.
Is it possible to skip this step? It's ...
3
votes
3answers
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TeX Live — problem with install [Ubuntu, bash]; new packages
I don't know how to install new packages. I've tried to install texLive [I have installed sudo apt-get install texlive-full -- which went correct, but I can not install Tex Live], but after install ...
3
votes
1answer
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MikTeX 2.9, install packages on the fly?
I set the Install Packages on the Fly setting to Yes and try to compile my document in Texmaker, but I still get the error File [...] not found, where [...] is the package I need. Basically, I need to ...
3
votes
1answer
732 views
Are there any other packages defined to create a CV except the “moderncv” package? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
LaTeX template for resume/curriculum vitae
I'm gona make a CV of my own. I wonder wether there are some other packages focused on CV making except the "moderncv" ...
2
votes
2answers
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Updating pgfplots
I am using Latex in MacOsx Lion. My current version of pgfplots is 1.4.1 which I want to upgrade to 1.7. I really do not know how to install version 1.7. Any help ?
2
votes
2answers
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Package clash in multilingual report
I m workig on multilingual report. Below code is part of my code (Pls consider it as MWE). In the code below there is package clash error
! LaTeX Error: Option clash for package inputenc.
See the ...
2
votes
2answers
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Could using different packages cause a contradiction for the compiler?
If I am writing a pdf with LaTeX,
I would like to use commands from different packages for figures or tables or what so ever ... and I just use all the packages i need, could this lead to a ...
2
votes
1answer
1k views
How to install additional LaTeX packages in Debian/Ubuntu
I just installed texlive-latex-base package from official Ubuntu repo, now I have to add some modules (ucs and utf8x) for compiling .pdf files with Cyrillic encoding, so, how to install it? I found ...
2
votes
1answer
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Strange compilation problem using adjustwidth environment from changepage package
The following code gives a compilation error.
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{changepage}
\begin{document}
\chapter{Text1}
\begin{adjustwidth}{1cm}{2cm}
\section{Text2}
Text3
\begin{quote}
...
2
votes
1answer
118 views
Use the catchfile package to preprocess an input file character by character?
Is it possible to read a file using the \CatchFileDef or \CatchFileEdef commands from the catchfile package and then output its exact copy to another file? What about input and output encoding? Do ...
2
votes
1answer
845 views
Installing Texlive on Debian x86-64 Platform
I had previously worked with the texlive distribution provided in the Debian repository, but I came across many inconveniences as a result of it being outdated (no tlmgr; forced to manually update and ...
2
votes
1answer
354 views
How do I prevent LyX from loading inputenc?
In my (out of the box) configuration of LyX, the line
\usepackage[latin9]{inputenc}
is inserted in the generated .tex file by default. This makes it impossible for me to set different options ...
2
votes
1answer
993 views
AucTeX (in Emacs) doesn't seem to find certain packages
I am using AucTeX in emacs v23 in PFD-mode. When invoking the pdflatex compiler through C-c C-c LaTeX I get a [...] file <some_package>.sty not found error for some particular packages. For ...
2
votes
3answers
375 views
install package in subfolder
At the moment I have some modified and some of my own packages placed in the same folder as my tex file. I would like to move all of them in a subfolder called packages so that I have a better ...
2
votes
1answer
297 views
Packages for documenting self written packages (sty-files)
I am looking for packages useful for creating a documentation for a self written package.
I have found doc, but the documentation ltxdoc.pdf did not give me any useful example.
Also I know of ...
2
votes
1answer
1k views
error: file stata.sty not found
I'm trying to manually install the package sjlatex. It's a package to write documents in the Stata Journal style and it's not part of any repository so I cannot install it via the MiKTeX package ...
2
votes
1answer
359 views
datetime and datenumber package conflict?
Background
Trying to include a date two days in the future from when the content was generated.
Problem
The following results in an empty day name:
\usepackage{datetime}
\usepackage{datenumber}
% ...
2
votes
1answer
675 views
Did I install a package successfully?
On my Ubuntu system, I have already installed texlive-full under /usr/share from long time ago.
I just tried a simple example with \usepackage{tikz} and it did work fine.
Later, I added ...
1
vote
0answers
691 views
Error: File 'pdfpages.sty' not found
I'm trying to compile simple thesis example using TexMaker with MiKTeX 2.9. I need pdfpages package in order to include pdf as the title page. Without the following line the code compiles fine:
...
1
vote
1answer
107 views
Preamble vs. external style file - same code doesn't work in the later
I'm experiencing the following issue when using todonotes along with TikZ and its externalize library. If my document contains no \todo's then it compiles just fine and seems like the externalization ...
0
votes
1answer
527 views
Troubles in installing package
I'm using TeXShop (V 2.47) on my Mac (V 10.7.4) and tried to install the tabu-package but failed. Here is what I did:
Saved the tabu.dtx and tabu.ins file in my Donwloads-directory (source for both ...
0
votes
0answers
494 views
Compiling an ins file into a sty file [closed]
I am trying to install the package ifetex manually. The repository does not provide a sty file, so I am following the instructions in this thread
How can I manually install a package on MiKTeX ...
0
votes
1answer
518 views
Error using the package makeidx
My index is working smoothly with the command
\makeindex
alone. However, when I put
\usepackage{makeidx}\makeindex
compilation gives two errors as
1. Command \see already defined.
...
-3
votes
1answer
251 views
Include additional Packages [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Where do I place my own .sty files, to make them available to all my .tex files?
How to include additional packages like for glossary, font, etc… in LaTeX?
I am using ...
