[Tex/LaTex] How to install the package “slashbox” using tlmgr

installingmacpackages

I'd like to install the package slashbox to my MacTex/TeXlive installation (on Mac OSX) using tlmgr. The package seems to be still available on CTAN, but my attempts to install it, failed:

sudo tlmgr install slashbox
sudo tlmgr install /macros/latex/contrib/slashbox

with the error message:

tlmgr: package repository
http://mirror.informatik.uni-mannheim.de/pub/mirrors/tex-archive/systems/texlive/tlnet
package slashbox not present in package repository.

Which repository to I have to use, or is it impossible to install it via tlmgr

Best Answer

You can only install packages using tlmgr if they are part of TeX Live, not simply if they are on CTAN. In this case, the CTAN database entry indicates no license information is available for the package: that will prevent it being part of TeX Live. See for example Where do I place my own .sty or .cls files, to make them available to all my .tex files? (and links there) for details of manually installing packages.

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