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How to let my TeXShop see new packages?

TeX - LaTeX Asked by Kamal Ahmed on January 17, 2021

I am using TeXShop on macOS, where I want to use the package pgfornament. I downloaded the zip file from:
https://ctan.org/pkg/pgfornament?lang=en

From there I didn’t really know where to go, as it seemed from looking around that I need to put the .sty file in my (~/Library/texmf) which I can not find. I found the library by Go -> Home in the finder, but there I only have TeX folder. I found an article with similar problem: How do I add a .sty file to my MacTeX/TeXShop installation?
But the application made by Alan Munn in the first answer is not working anymore and I do not have access to the link he gave.

I have tried different ways to make it work, all failed expect for when I have my .tex file in the same folder with the .sty and the .pgf files. The problem with that, there are different sets of .pgf files and I won’t be able to access all at the same time, also I would have to repeat the process for each .tex I make (which I believe I can put it in a library for TexShop to always access).

One Answer

The pgfornament package is already part of TeX Live which is installed by MacTeX so there is nothing that you have to install. If you installed BasicTeX rather than MacTeX you should get TeX Live Utility, as mentioned above, and look under the packages tab where you can select and install missing packages.

Correct answer by Herb Schulz on January 17, 2021

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