! 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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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 (Lion) with texlive

I had to recently rebuild my Mac Book Pro (gasp!), and decided toupgrade to Lion. The whole process was relatively painless. Files werecopied back from backups, and updated from my SVN repositories, howeverI had troubles installing the appropriate Mac port package for theAPACite classes. sudo port install texlive-bibtex-extra The latter yielded errors, which were logged in /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_perl_p5-text-bibtex/p5.12-text-bibtex/main.log Since the dependency p5.12-text-bibtex could not be installed,examination of the log file provided the following clues; error: ‘main’must return ‘int’

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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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