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I need to install the xpatch package to make changes to my biblatex setup. The readme file in the install package simply says to run “latex xpatch.ins.” I've moved the xpatch folder (including xpatch.ins and xpatch.dtx files) to the /usr/local/texlive/2011/../texmf-local/ folder. When I run the command above, I get the output Generating file(s) ./xpatch.sty ! Cannot find file xpatch.dtx. \readsource ...ot find file \uptospace #1 \qStop } \else \processedLines \z@ ... l.34 ...xpatch.sty} {\from{xpatch.dtx} {package}}}

I've checked, and the .dtx file is in the folder. Any ideas what the problem is?

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  • Why not update your entire LaTeX installation instead of attempting to install packages manually.
    – daleif
    Jun 4, 2014 at 9:01
  • You should first extract the .sty file in a working directory where xpatch.ins and xpatch.dtx are saved. However, I don't think it will work with TeX Live 2011, because it needs expl3 in a version that is unlikely to be available. Update your TeX distribution.
    – egreg
    Jun 4, 2014 at 9:02
  • @egreg Is there a .tds.zip version of xpatch on CTAN? Is so, Alexander could grab l3kernel.tds.zip, l3packages.tds.zip and the xpatch TDS zip from CTAN and install them all locally.
    – Joseph Wright ♦
    Jun 4, 2014 at 9:03
  • @JosephWright Yes, there is: mirrors.ctan.org/install/macros/latex/contrib/xpatch.tds.zip
    – egreg
    Jun 4, 2014 at 9:08
  • I am relatively new to Latex, so did not consider updating the distribution. Did so, and everything works like a charm. Thanks a lot for responding.
    – Alexander
    Jun 5, 2014 at 6:54

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Rather than extracting the code yourself, I suggest you use the tds.zip files available on CTAN to do the installation. The xpatch package needs an up-to-date expl3 and xparse bundle, so you need to download three files:

These are all 'ready to install', and what you need to do is unzip them inside your local TeX tree (not /usr/local/texlive/2011/): as you have a Unix system, this is probably ~/texmf unless you use a Mac, in which case it's ~/Library/texmf. You should end up with a structure of the form

<root>/texmf/tex/latex/xpatch/xpatch.sty
<root>/texmf/tex/latex/l3kernel/expl3.sty
...

at which point your TeX system should find the files.

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  • Updating the entire distribution turned out to be easier, so I have done that instead. Thanks for the tip anyhow, it will probably come in handy at later point.
    – Alexander
    Jun 5, 2014 at 6:56

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