Installing packages on Tex Live 2011 (Mac)

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TeX Live has a package manager (aka TeX Live Manager or tlmgr) to install most free packages. longtable is a free package and (you can see this at the link) there's a corresponding TeX Live package. So you can install longtable simply via the TeX Live Manager.

And if you've done a complete TeX Live installation, longtable should already be installed.

Have a look at the mactex-wiki for more information about the TeX Live Manager.

And there's an additional, special Mac OS X graphical interface to tlmrgr called TeX Live Utility, aka mactlmgr.

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Updated on August 01, 2022

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  • Alenanno
    Alenanno over 1 year

    I have Tex Live 2011, and I'd like to install the longtable package. But I have a few problems:

    1. Where do I get the packages? Is there a database with all the packages, somewhere?
    2. Is there a guide on how to install packages for Tex Live 2011?
    3. I noticed many have the texmf folder, but I don't... Does this depends on my version being newer than the ones I read about?
    • Alenanno
      Alenanno almost 12 years
      Sorry for asking 3 different questions but I think they all belong to the same topic. If you think they should be split, please let me know.
    • Alain Matthes
      Alain Matthes almost 12 years
      It's poosible to install the real TL2011 on a mac but the recommended distribution is MacTeX. MacTeX is globally the same distribution than TL but adapted to the mac. The best way is to choose the complete distribution, in this case all the packages are inside but you can manage packages with Tex Live Utility (it's the version of tlmgr for the mac. You can also install a minimal mactex distribution and the you add packages with the utility tool. For the texmf folder, you need to create it on your library folder inside your home.
    • Joseph Wright
      Joseph Wright almost 12 years
      Do you have MacTeX or 'vanilla' TeX Live? MacTeX adds some extra tools onto TeX Live, including a graphical package manager.
    • Joseph Wright
      Joseph Wright almost 12 years
      @Altermundus I'm pretty sure a local texmf is automatically created inside ~/Library.
    • Alain Matthes
      Alain Matthes almost 12 years
      @Joseph it's really easy to see if the texmf is in the library but I always have this folder (it's the same during 10 years, I think for me) so I'm not sure if a local texmf is automatically created inside ~/Library.
    • Alenanno
      Alenanno almost 12 years
      @JosephWright How do I check that? Eheh... I installed it using MacTex but under my preferences pane I see "TexLive 2011".
    • qubyte
      qubyte almost 12 years
      If you installed MacTeX with the normal (full) installer, then you already have longtable.
  • Alenanno
    Alenanno almost 12 years
    Thank you! I'll take a look and let you know as soon as possible. :)
  • Tobi
    Tobi almost 12 years
    @Alenanno: Schweinebacke is right that longtable is (should be) available via tlmgr / TeX Live Utility but I like to add that the users texmf folder isn’t created automatically, so you have to set it up yourself. To get the right place type kpsewhich -var-value=TEXMFHOME to your terminal. It should point on /Users/<YOU>/Library/texmf.
  • Alenanno
    Alenanno over 11 years
    Sorry for the very late feedback! This is it. :) +1 and accepted!