being able to use a latex package

[wildrabbitt]

Hi,

I'm trying to write in an image file into a pdf file made with pdflatex
from a dvi file.

I need to be able to use the graphicx package but I don't think it's installed on
my ubuntu computer.

Can someone tell me how to achieve this (getting the package installed).

Will

[Nick]

On my Linux system (not Ubuntu but another distro), it is contained in the texlive-graphics package, installed in the same way as all packages here.

Have you checked for the file graphicx.sty in your packages directory?
Or tried dvipdfm on the dvi file and then take the image from pdf?

[wildrabbitt]

Thanks.

I've just tried :

william@william-GA-78LMT-USB3:~/Desktop/graphics$ sudo apt-get install texlive-graphics
[sudo] password for william:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package texlive-graphics
william@william-GA-78LMT-USB3:~/Desktop/graphics$

with self-evident results.


Can you tell me where the sty file for graphicx would be if it exists on my filesystem?
Please do if you can.

[Nick]

Originally Posted by wildrabbitt

Can you tell me where the sty file for graphicx would be if it exists on my filesystem?
Please do if you can.

On my system, it's location is:

/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/graphicx.sty

Do you get an error if you simply try to insert a jpg image in latex, for example?

[wildrabbitt]

william@william-GA-78LMT-USB3:~$ latex quadratic.tex
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.17 (TeX Live 2016/Debian) (preloaded format=latex)
restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./quadratic.tex
LaTeX2e <2017/01/01> patch level 3
Babel <3.9r> and hyphenation patterns for 3 language(s) loaded.
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2014/09/29 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/amsmath.sty
For additional information on amsmath, use the `?' option.
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/amstext.sty
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/amsgen.sty))
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/amsbsy.sty)
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/amsopn.sty))
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/amssymb.sty
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/amsfonts.sty))

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

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

Enter file name: X

[paulunderwood]

Originally Posted by Nick

On my system, it's location is:

/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/graphicx.sty

Do you get an error if you simply try to insert a jpg image in latex, for example?

locate graphicx.sty
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/graphicx.sty

on my Debian 9 system...

apt-cache search texlive | grep Graphics
texlive-pictures - TeX Live: Graphics, pictures, diagrams
texlive-font-utils - TeX Live: Graphics and font utilities

It is graphicx.sty -- there is no extra "s"

[wildrabbitt]

william@william-GA-78LMT-USB3:~/Desktop/graphics$ apt-cache search texlive | grep Graphics
texlive-font-utils - TeX Live: Graphics and font utilities
texlive-pictures - TeX Live: Graphics, pictures, diagrams


The only directories I've got in

/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex


are

gnuplot, lm, prosper, tex-gyre and tipa

so I'm wondering why theres no graphics folder.

I have downloaded latex-graphics.tds.zip but I extracted it to home.

thanks for your patience

[paulunderwood]

ls /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/
ae        babelbib  etex-pkg  graphics      latexconfig  natbib    pspicture
amscls    base      fancyhdr  graphics-cfg  ltxmisc      oberdiek  tools
amsfonts  carlisle  fix2col   graphics-def  mflogo       pslatex   url
amsmath   colortbl  geometry  hyperref      mfnfss       psnfss

Note: see my note about the extraneous "s" you put in what should be graphicx.sty (and not graphicsx.sty).