Ubuntu – How to install LaTeX package called “standalone” properly so I can get update with Synaptic package manager

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How to install LaTeX package called "standalone" properly so I can get update with Synaptic package manager?

I know I can manually download the file and install it.

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UPDATE (2015-12-07): standalone.sty should now be installable with a simple
sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-extra
. Keeping the answer for reference.

The search

sudo apt-file search standalone.sty

doesn't give any results. This means that the package cannot be installed using Synaptic.

The reason is found in the answer by Martin Scharrer: The package is not included in TeXlive 2009 because it's too new. TeXLive 2009 is the version packaged with Ubuntu, there is no TeXlive 201. Also, the Ubuntu packages don't seem to receive updates once they're out.

The above is the reason why I installed TeXlive using tlmgr in my home, in ~/.texlive2011. Works like a charm.

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dpkg is tool to install/remove/configure... only a sigle package
apt and aptitude are tools for working with software repositories -- they can download packages from them, solve dependecies, calculate updates etc. they're using dpkg to install/configure packages (there are some differences between apt and aptitude, but in general, they are doing the same)
Synaptic is simple GUI for apt
Software Center is also GUI for apt (I think it's using python-apt) and it's much more "user friendly" than Synaptic

Ubuntu – How to properly install and use texlive with package manager

Just run tlmgr init-usertree first and then run sudo tlmgr update --all.

Maybe you will get:

/usr/bin/tlmgr: Initialization failed (in setup_unix_one):
/usr/bin/tlmgr: could not find a usable xzdec.
/usr/bin/tlmgr: Please install xzdec and try again.
Couldn't set up the necessary programs.
Installation of packages is not supported.
Please report to texlive@tug.org.
tlmgr: exiting unsuccessfully (status 1).

If so, you have to install the xzdec package, from your package manager or through sudo apt-get install xzdec.

To use the GUI, you also need to install perl-tk:

sudo apt-get install perl-tk

Then you can summon the GUI via:

tlmgr --gui

And then hit the Load Default button.

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