Latex Packages

Note: I use the MiKTeX distribution of latex on primarily windows machines. Whatever tools you use, you should know how/where to put the .sty files in order to use them for your templates. Below I explain how to get these files working for me.

Using MiKTeX to set locations for style files.

Adding this repo to root.

1. MiKTeX always looks for files nested in folders of the following structure: tex/latex/.
2. As such, you need to add this repository to MikTek's collection of roots.
3. Run mo.exe. This opens up MiKTeK options.
4. Click on the roots tab.
5. Click Add....
6. Add this repository to the list. On my machine, path is T:\GitProjects\Latex-Packages.
7. Click Apply.

You will only ever have to do this once.

Adding packages.

If the folder of this repo is contained in the root list, any changes to files will automatically be taken care of. However if files get added or deleted from this, you will need to force MiKTeK to refresh. To do this:

1. Run mo.exe. This opens up MiKTeK options.
2. Go to the General tab.
3. Click Refresh FNDB.

Note: Don't put .tex files in directories on the root. I can't explain why but files won't compile unless they are outside these folders.