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Where can I find the TikZ spy package?
I found a great article here: How to create magnified subfigures and corresponding boxes for portions of a large image

Even with Google and StackExchange search I can’t find a site to download the package. Can anyone help me?

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  • If you check the accepted answer on the question you linked to, you will find lines containing \usepackage{tikz} and \usetikzlibrary{spy}. May 10, 2013 at 18:22
  • if i try this: \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{pgfplots} \usetikzlibrary{spy} i get this message: ! I can't find file tikzlibraryspy.code.tex.... Without \usetikzlibrary{spy} tikz works fine.
    – romi1013
    May 10, 2013 at 18:28
  • You most likely have an outdated PGF/TikZ installation. You should update your TeX distribution. May 10, 2013 at 18:36

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spy is a TiKZ library not a package so it comes with TiKZ although its name in CTAN is pgf.

As Qrrbrbirlbel explains, you need to first load Tikz with \usepackage{tikz} and later any tikzlibrary with \usetikzlibrary{spy}.

You can find some more information abouts tikzlibraries in List of available TikZ libraries with a short introduction

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