! LaTeX Error: File `algorithm2e.sty’ not found.

During yet another LaTeX project on my MacBook, I added some algorithmsto my paper. After checking a couple of examples online, and discussingwith a colleage I decided to go with algorithm2e over others such asalgorithm, algorithmic, algorithmicx, program and pseudocode[1].However I got the following error “! LaTeX Error: File`algorithm2e.sty’ not found.” Since I am using macport, to resolvethis I needed to install the texlive-science package by executing sudoport install texlive-science, and all was good again.

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How to install Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) style for MiKTeK on Windows 7

Following on from my previous post… I had the same issue when workingon my Microsoft Windows desktop at home, i.e. got the following error “!LaTeX Error: File `llncs.cls’ not found.”. So had to download the“llncs2e.zip” file yet again from“http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0/” Dowload and extract llncs2e.zip Create a directory called splncs in C:\Program Files\MiKTeX2.?\bibtex\bst Move the extracted file splncs.bst, splncs_srt.bst, andsplncs03.bst into the new directory C:\Program Files\MiKTeX2.

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Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) style

When working on a recent paper for aconference, I was required to produce it using the Spring Lecture Notesin Computer Science (LNCS) style. Being naive, I assumed TeX wouldautomatically download the required package… unfortunately I got thefollowing error “LaTeX Error: File `llncs.cls’ not found.” So I had toinstall the class manually. Here are the instructions for installing iton Mac OS X for latex from macport.

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APAcite on Mac OS X with texlive

While compiling a LaTeX document, a blank template of my PhD thesis tobe exact, when I got the following error “! LaTeX Error: File`apacite.sty’ not found.” Again a quick search for Mac ports indicatedthat the texlive-bibtex-extra package was required. It was quicklyinstalled using; sudo port install texlive-bibtex-extra Subsequent compile yielded more errors, this time it was “! Undefinedcontrol sequence. \abstract”. This was solved using thetexlive-latex-extra package, installed using;

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