where to put latex style file

[MichaelBurns]

I installed the tex-live package and then ran latex on one of my *.tex files. I got the error:

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

So, should I just download this file (from ctan.org or something)? If so, where should I put it? Do I need to run an update on the fndb (like in MikTeX)?

[diesch]

It's in texlive-latex-extra.

To manuanlly install LaTeX styles put them in a subdirectory of ~/ texmf/tex/latex/ or /usr/local/share/texmf/tex/latex/ and call texhash

[MichaelBurns]

Thanks, diesch. Out of curiosity, how did you know which package that style file was in?

[Chronon]

You can google for "texlive paralist.sty karmic" or search synaptic for "paralist"

[diesch]

sudo apt-file search paralist.sty
(apt-file is not installed by default). Or you can search on
http://packages.ubuntu.com/

[MichaelBurns]

Thanks, diesch. I searched synaptic for "paralist" and it spit out the extra package. That's like magic or something!

BTW, to former MikTeX users: no fndb update required. (I guess that this happens automatically, or maybe the whole LaTeX structure and compilation is such that a fndb is unnecessary.)