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I installed Texmaker and Texlive in my Xubuntu (basically = Ubuntu).

I want to use the kbordermatrix package, but when I compile the document in Texmaker I get the following error:

! LaTeX Error: File `kbordermatrix.sty' not found.

Is that suppose to install .sty automatically by Texlive or I have to make some setup?

I'm new to Linux, just recently changed to Ubuntu from MS Windows. I stuck on this problem for a whole day now. I would very appreciate someone can help me.

Cheers Lee

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  • How did you install Texmaker and Texlive? Did you use apt-get install? It's been a long time since I've done latex on Linux.
    – Ryan
    Nov 11, 2014 at 17:09
  • TeX Live cannot install packages on-the-fly. You must install them first. Further information depends on whether you are using your distro's packages or the upstream installer.
    – cfr
    Nov 11, 2014 at 17:15
  • @Ryan Hi Ryan, since I'm new to linux, I Google it and yes I use apt-get install
    – SLN
    Nov 11, 2014 at 19:27
  • @cfr Hi cfr do you know is there a solution for Linux that I could install packages on-the-fly?
    – SLN
    Nov 11, 2014 at 19:28
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    @user3004698 I'm not aware of any on-the-fly solution other than MiKTeX. For the directory: do not use sudo. As your normal user, do mkdir -p $(kpsewhich --var-value=TEXMFHOME)/tex/latex/kbordermatrix and then put the .sty file in the new directory.
    – cfr
    Nov 11, 2014 at 21:53

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It looks like the .sty file is available here.

http://people.hss.caltech.edu/~kcb/LaTeX.shtml

If you run kpsewhich -var-value=TEXMFHOME In terminal, it should give you path to a folder called texmf/.

If you put the .sty file in a subdirectory of that file such as texmf/tex/latex/commonstuff/ then you should be able to run texhash [path to texmf folder] to have latex rescan the folder.

I took the installation instructions from here:

Where do I place my own .sty or .cls files, to make them available to all my .tex files?

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    You do not need to run texhash when installing into your personal texmf tree and doing so is pointless. That is, unless you have specified non-standard defaults for your installation. This is possible but there is no reason to think the OP has done this. By default, TeX searches the disk for your personal tree so just putting the files in place is sufficient.
    – cfr
    Nov 11, 2014 at 22:21
  • @cfr he hadn't mentioned how he installed it so I included it for completenes' sake.
    – Ryan
    Nov 11, 2014 at 23:28
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    Well you said to put the style file in the personal texmf tree. So texhash is not necessary unless the OP has changed the defaults. (It doesn't matter whether it is a distro package or upstream - no sane packaging would change this. It is completely standard for TeX Live.)
    – cfr
    Nov 11, 2014 at 23:37

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