[Tex/LaTex] Troubles in installing package

installingpackages

I'm using TeXShop (V 2.47) on my Mac (V 10.7.4) and tried to install the tabu-package but failed. Here is what I did:

  1. Saved the tabu.dtx and tabu.ins file in my Donwloads-directory (source for both files)
  2. Run tabu.ins in TeXShop.
  3. After compilation several new files were generated in my Donwloads-directory, such as tabu.sty.
  4. Run the following command in Terminal to open the directory, where I wanted to save the tabu.sty: open /usr/local/texlive/2010/

Now, the problem is, that I don't know where to copy the tabu.sty. I thought TeX Live Utility might be a tool for these kind of issues but running it (the first time) only produced a new problem:

2012-06-11 20:48:42 +0000 Notice -[TLMOperation main][11119]
tlmgr: package repository http://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet
The supported release as specified by the repository (2011)
does not match the release version of the installation (2010), bailing out.

Best Answer

You need to place your file here:

/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/latex

and then you need to run sudo mktexlsr.

But it's possible to place this file in your home:

~/Library/texmf/tex/latex

For me it's /Users/ego/Library/texmf/tex/latex. This doesn't require anything else.

Be careful, if you update your distribution, the version of tabu inside your personal texmf is always used.

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