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List:       lyx-users
Subject:    Re: Installing pgfplots on the Mac
From:       Graham Smith <graham.smith () myotis ! co ! uk>
Date:       2008-08-29 7:39:31
Message-ID: 94610EC2-F5C5-4D17-BE97-F63456F2BC21 () myotis ! co ! uk
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>>
>> On 28.08.2008, at 21:02, Graham Smith wrote:
>>
>>> OK, this seems to be linked to my newness with the Mac.
>>>
>>> I have now managed to find where the the package should go, but I  
>>> don't seem to have permissions to add a folder and copy the the  
>>> package into it.
>>>
>>> I shall have a search for Mac help.
>>
>>
>> Hi Graham,
>>
>> If you have at least very basic knowledge about how to use a UNIX  
>> command prompt this shouldn't be that difficult:
>>
>> Open a Terminal window and type the following:
>>
>> sudo -i
>> mkdir /path/to/latex/installation/pgfplot
>> cp -R /source/of/pgfplot/* /path/to/latex/installation/pgfplot
>>
>> Depending on your LaTeX-Installation you might have to copy  
>> certain parts of the pgfplot-source to different target directories.
>>
>
> Actually, my immediate confusion is where it should go
>
> The pgfplot instructions suggests texmf/tex/generic/pgfplots
>
> But the mactex instructions additions should go into
>
> /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local
>
> But equally, the Mactex instructions also seem to suggest it should  
> go into
>
> $HOME/Library/texmf
>
>  I have put the downloaded pgfplots folder into each of these  
> locations, but get the same error about not being able to find  
> pgfplots.sty
>
> The Mactex instructions also suggest that you don't need to run  
> texhash, but other advice on thsi forum suggest that you do need to  
> run texhash, which I have done, but get a list of errors.
>
> texhash: /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf: directory not writable.
> Skipping...
> texhash: /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-config: directory not writable.
> Skipping...
> texhash: /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist: directory not writable.
> Skipping...
> texhash: Updating /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-var/ls-R...
> texhash: Done.
>
> So I'm confused about where the pgfplot folder should be installed,  
> along with the other issues.
>
> I do however, think I understand your commands, just don't know how  
> to fill in the path.
>
> Graham

Well the answer would seem to be the need to use sudo texhash and not  
just texhash

Graham
>

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