I am trying to install the "dropping" package from CTAN to compile a template in TeXstudio, using TeXlive2020 on Windows 10. The dropping.sty file cannot be found, as the error log in TeXStudio tells me when I try to compile (as well as the fact kpsewhich dropping.sty yields nothing even though it works for other .sty files). I copied the extracted file from the CTAN download to C:\texlive\texmf-local and I already ran the .ins file in latex. When I use the command kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFHOME I get the expected result C:/Users/<me>/texmf but the folder doesn't show up in explorer. I understand you have to make the directory yourself, and comply with the tds structure, so I've tried using the "new folder" icon in the explorer and also using mkdir tex with a latex folder inside to put the .sty file. I've also tried using texhash ~/texmf, however I then get the message "Cannot open ~/texmf/ls-R to write." Despite all this the .sty file refuses to be found and I'm not convinced I went about properly making my TEXMFHOME directory. I don't quite understand how to make the TEXMFHOME directory comply with the tds structure; do I have to add all those random file extensions manually? (I'm referring to something like https://tug.org/tds). I'm fairly green to everything programming related, TeX especially, so I apologize if I used incorrect verbiage. What are my options? All help is appreciated.
P.S. the TexLive documentation suggests creating an environment variable like TEXINPUTS=.:/my/macro/dir: to add a personal directory to a search path. Is this what I'm supposed to do? Do I just stick that verbatim in the ../2020/texmf.cnf file?
