How do I install psfig.sty in MacTeX?

Question

I just installed MacTeX, and I'm trying to compile a document, but I get the following error:

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

The preamble is as follows:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{psfig}
\usepackage{subfigure}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{fullpage}
\usepackage{setspace}
  %\singlespacing
  %\onehalfspacing
  \doublespacing
\usepackage{mathptm}
\usepackage{amsmath}
%\usepackage{cite}
\usepackage{bibentry}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}

I tried updating everything using TeX Live Utility, but that didn't fix it.

Where can I find psfig.sty and how do I install it?

Answer 1

To allow this question to be closed, I'll wrap up the above comments by egreg and Werner into a short answer.

psfig is an obsolete package that should not be used anymore. Instead, use graphicx. This allows you to insert an external file name.ext by using the command \includegraphics{name} where .ext is automatically appended from a list of appropriate file extensions, such as .pdf, .eps, .png, .jpg, … The exact list of extensions depends (a) on your driver (e.g., pdftex) and (b) on the manually selected list of extensions specified by \ DeclareGraphicsExtensions{…}. Read more about graphicx here: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Importing_Graphics

Answer 2

I solved a similar problem

! LaTeX Error: File `psfig.tex' not found.

by downloading the file psfig.tex from here and putting it in the same directory as the file I was converting. Then the formatting worked fine.

Hope this helps.