I'm trying to install the subcaption package on TexLive installed on Ubuntu 11.10. When trying to build subcaption.sty, I found that I needed to first download or build several dependencies:
diagbox.sty
epic.sty
footmisc.sty
overpic.sty
pict2e.sty
After putting these files in the same directory as subcaption.dtx, I try to build subcaption.sty and here is the result:
$ latex subcaption.dtx
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009/Debian)
entering extended mode
(./subcaption.dtx
LaTeX2e <2009/09/24>
Babel <v3.8l> and hyphenation patterns for english, usenglishmax, dumylang, noh
yphenation, loaded.
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/ltxdoc.cls
Document Class: ltxdoc 2007/11/11 v2.0u Standard LaTeX documentation class
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/doc.sty
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/tools/multicol.sty)))
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/oberdiek/ifpdf.sty) (./footmisc.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/tools/array.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/graphics/graphicx.sty
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/graphics/keyval.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/graphics/graphics.sty
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/graphics/trig.sty)
(/etc/texmf/tex/latex/config/graphics.cfg)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/graphics/dvips.def))) (./overpic.sty
Package: overpic v0.53 <2010/09/13> (RN)
(./epic.sty
Enhancements to Picture Environment. Version 1.2 - Released June 1, 1986
)
overpic: relative positioning in percent
) (./pict2e.sty (./p2e-dvips.def)) (./diagbox.sty
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/fp/fp.sty
`Fixed Point Package', Version 0.8, April 2, 1995 (C) Michael Mehlich
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/fp/defpattern.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/fp/fp-basic.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/fp/fp-addons.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/fp/fp-snap.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/fp/fp-exp.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/fp/fp-trigo.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/fp/fp-pas.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/fp/fp-random.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/fp/fp-eqn.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/fp/fp-upn.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/fp/fp-eval.sty)))
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/oberdiek/hypdoc.sty
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/hyperref/hyperref.sty
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/oberdiek/ifvtex.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/ifxetex/ifxetex.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/oberdiek/hycolor.sty
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/oberdiek/xcolor-patch.sty))
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/hyperref/pd1enc.def)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/oberdiek/etexcmds.sty
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/oberdiek/infwarerr.sty))
(/etc/texmf/tex/latex/config/hyperref.cfg)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/oberdiek/kvoptions.sty
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/oberdiek/kvsetkeys.sty))
Implicit mode ON; LaTeX internals redefined
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/ltxmisc/url.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/oberdiek/bitset.sty
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/oberdiek/intcalc.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/oberdiek/bigintcalc.sty
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/oberdiek/pdftexcmds.sty
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/oberdiek/ifluatex.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/oberdiek/ltxcmds.sty))))
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/oberdiek/atbegshi.sty))
*hyperref using default driver hdvips*
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/hyperref/hdvips.def
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/hyperref/pdfmark.def
Package hyperref Warning: You have enabled option `breaklinks'.
(hyperref) But driver `hdvips.def' does not suppport this.
(hyperref) Expect trouble with the link areas of broken links.
)) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/thumbpdf/thumbpdf.sty
Package thumbpdf Warning: Missing driver name.
)) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/caption/subcaption.sty
! Package subcaption Error: `caption' package not loaded
(subcaption) (which is needed by this package)
See the subcaption package documentation for explanation.
Type H <return> for immediate help.
...
l.38 \endinput}{}
?
What am I doing wrong? How can I fix this?
(I'm a novice… I don't know what dtx, ins, or sty files are. All I know is that I can usually run latex file.ins to produce file.sty and then put file.sty in an appropriate directory and use that package.)
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Best Answer
latex subcaption.dtxwill not buildsubcaption.stybut the documentationsubcaption.dviresp.subcaption.pdfinstead. Thesubcaptionpackage itself does not have dependencies todiagbox.sty,epic.sty,footmisc.sty,overpic.sty, orpict2e.sty, you only need them to build the documentation for yourself. (This step is not necessary since the documentation already comes pre-build assubcaption.pdf.)You are getting the error message "caption package not loaded" when building the
subcaptionpackage documentation for yourself since building the documentation requires the actual version of thesubcaptionpackage installed. So you need to update thecaptionpackage bundle (which includessubcaption.sty) first.latex caption.insortex caption.inswill build the required package files, i.e.caption.sty, ..., andsubcaption.sty. But the easiest way to get a LaTeX package from CTAN is to look for a TDS structured archive first, they are located athttp://mirrors.ctan.org/install/macros/latex/contrib/
As you see there is a caption.tds.zip, so getting this file, unzipping it, and putting its contents to the right location is all you need to do to install/update the whole
captionpackage bundle including sty files and docs.