I've heard that it is difficult to install my new statrep
package using MiKTeX. The dtx
file is self-extracting, but I think MiKTeX doesn't expect to work with a dtx
file.
Can someone provide a "best practice" for a CTAN package bundle that is friendly for MiKTeX, TeX Live, and manual installation? Perhaps including the *.sty files and a plain *.ins file even though the dtx
is self-extracting?
README
the install procedure fits only to TeXlive. If you create a TDS ZIP file, as Martin already wrote, all should go fine and probably your package will be integrated into the distributions then. (For package installing into a local TeXMF in MiKTeX you will find answers here at least by me.) Beside that is there an external SAS program needed and if yes does exist a windows version?.ins
file, then I should not upload a self-extracting.dtx
file (and do exactly as Martin says). This seems like important information for package authors if a package that only includes a self-extracting.dtx
file, omitting the.ins
file, creates problems for MikTeX users. Also, SAS runs on unix and windows.