Question

Question 1

I am getting the following error in Latex:

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

Type X to quit or <RETURN> to proceed,
or enter new name. (Default extension: sty)

Enter file name: 

However, the file fancybox.sty is actually located in the folder from where I am running the pdflatex command. Why is not able to find it?

I just installed Latex on Ubuntu using the command

apt-get install texlive-latex-base

and the pdflatex command works.

Question 2

I want to install this texments from CTAN. Can I do this through apt-get? Is there another Easy way?

Thanks,
Ajay G.

Answer 1

The fancybox LaTeX package is included in the texlive-latex-extra package for Ubuntu. If you install the texlive-latex-extra package using Synaptic or apt-get, your document should compile:

$ sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-extra

A couple other things that may help you in the future:

1. The TeXLive installation in Ubuntu is currently the 2007 edition. The 2009 edition of TeXLive was just released recently (see the TeXLive website for downloads). The 2007 edition will work most of the time, but the 2009 edition contains the latest version of the packages with their bug fixes. Just a heads-up.

2. I’d recommend installing the full set of TeXLive package under Ubuntu so that you don’t have to dig through the repository and install new files each time you want to add a new \usepackage line to your .tex file. If you install the texlive-full package, that’ll cover all the bases:

   $ sudo apt-get install texlive-full
   

   Note, however, that the full TeXLive package set is a large download and will take some time to install.