TeX Live and MacTeX ⇒ Can´t find package XyMTeX with TeXShop

[ymsetjenesta]

Sorry if this post if posted in the wrong forum. But as far as I can tell the problems is with loading the packed in Live Tex.

System:
Running Mac OS 10.2
Using the MacTeX distribution and TeX Shop for editing.

Problem:
Trying to use the XyMTeX package which I downloaded and copied to the "/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local", dir as described in the "What is installed.pdf" following Live TeX. I put the package into a subdirectory named "/xymtech". As the document explains, all the files in this texmf and it´s subdirectories will be available to Live TeX.
I have tried to use the package directly from TeX Shop, even by writing the whole dir withing the {}, and I have searched around for information on how to get Live TeX to read packages that you have copied manually like I have.

Thank you so much for your attention......

[josephwright]

You should put it in <your home directory>/Library/texmf/tex/latex/xymtex, then open the Terminal and run "texhash".

[ymsetjenesta]

These are the TeX related folder I have in my Library Dir.

TeX Folders

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Should I make the mentioned folder, or should I place the package within one of these folders?

[josephwright]

You don't say which MacTeX you have, but I would be very surprised indeed if you don't have Library/texmf/... TeXshop is just a front-end: the TeX system itself does not car about TeXshop or it's folders. <home folder>Library/texmf/ will probably be toward the bottom of the folder listing, below TeXshop.

[ymsetjenesta]

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Nope this is the other TeX folder.....and as you can see I have placed in afther the recommandations in the "What is installed"

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[josephwright]

It's pretty unusual to have a multi-user Mac, hence my preference for the home folder. However, if you put it in texmf-local you still need to run texhash. Did you do that?

[ymsetjenesta]

Oki.......I buy that argument since I´m really fresh in this TeX. No I have not runned the texhach yet. Have to find some instructions for it.

[ymsetjenesta]

cb22cbf51:~ Ymse$ texhash
texhash: /usr/local/texlive/2009/../texmf-local: directory not writable. Skipping...
texhash: /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf: directory not writable. Skipping...
texhash: /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-config: directory not writable. Skipping...
texhash: /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist: directory not writable. Skipping...
texhash: /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-var: directory not writable. Skipping...
texhash: Done.
cb22cbf51:~ Ymse$

This is the response I get to running Texhash. As far as I can see it dosent correspond to the manuale file I inserted a clip from in the post over.

[josephwright]

If you've installed in /usr/local then texhash needs to be run with admin privileges: 'sudo texhash' at the Terminal.