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thinkpadder
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Installing a Latex package offline on macOS with Tex Live 2016 basic

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I have installed Tex Live 2016 basic into /usr/local/texlive on macOS and added /usr/local/texlive/bin/x86_64-darwin into PATH and so I can use xelatex without any problems.

The basic Latex packages are under the /usr/local/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex The contents are:

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ae
amscls
amsfonts
amsmath
anysize
babelbib
base
beamer
booktabs
breqn
caption
carlisle
cite
cmap
colortbl
crop
ctable
dvipdfmx-de
dvisvgm-def
emp
eso-pic
etex-pkg
etoolbox
euenc
euler
eurosym
extsizes
fancybox
fancyhdr
fancyref
fancyvrb
feynmf
feynmp-auto
fix2col
float
fontspec
fp
geometry
gmp
graphics
graphics-cf
 
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Using this installation I can compile a basic .tex file into .pdf for instance I've written a .tex file which begins like:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[left=1.5cm,right=2cm,top=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{TeX Gyre Termes}[]
\begin{document}


this file get compiled perfectly. Now I'm trying to compile a file which contains a package that's not present in the /usr/local/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex, such as:

\usepackage{lipsum}

I'm trying to install the lipsum package offline, without using the tlmgr
To do that I've followed the answer at https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions ... os-texlive I've downloaded the lipsum.zip at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/lipsum extracted its content into an arbitrary folder such as ~/Downloads/tex-packages/lipsum The contents are:

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CHANGELOG.md
lipsum.ins
README.txt
lipsum-cicero.txt
lipsum-la.txt
lipsum.dtx
DEPENDS.txt
lipsum-cs.txt
lipsum.pdf
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In the answer it says to cd into this directory and run latex and run texhash so I've did it, it but it gave an error:

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>latex
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.17 (TeX Live 2016) (preloaded format=latex)
restricted \write18 enabled.
**texhash
entering extended mode
! I can't find file `texhash'.
<*> texhash
(Press Enter to retry, or Control-D to exit)
Please type another input file name:
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That answer is obviously wrong. What is the correct way to install this sample package (lipsum) offline?

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Installing a Latex package offline on macOS with Tex Live 2016 basic

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See section "2 Installation" in the README.txt of the downloaded lipsum folder.

BTW: I would recommend to install an up-to-date TeX Live either from DVD or ISO.

TeX Live 2016 is very, very old. You should not expect any support for it anymore.

BTW: For Mac users usually MacTeX is recommended. But I'm not a Mac user.
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thinkpadder
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Installing a Latex package offline on macOS with Tex Live 2016 basic

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Ijon Tichy wrote:See section "2 Installation" in the README.txt of the downloaded lipsum folder.

BTW: I would recommend to install an up-to-date TeX Live either from DVD or ISO.

TeX Live 2016 is very, very old. You should not expect any support for it anymore.

BTW: For Mac users usually MacTeX is recommended. But I'm not a Mac user.
I've applied the info at the README.txt and after I've tried to compile the sample tex file it stopped with this error:

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(/usr/local/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/lipsum/lipsum.sty
(/usr/local/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3packages/l3keys2e/l3keys2e.sty)
! Undefined control sequence.
l.40 \scan_new:N
\s_@@
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I'd like to use a newer version of TeX Live but because I'm using macOS 10.7.5 which is 2012 make, the newer versions might have compatibility problems. It's likely that TeX Live 2016 is the maximum version for the macOS 10.7.5 but I'll still check with the newer versions of TeX Live. I haven't checked the MacTeX but it's ikely to be incompatible with the macOS 10.7.5 too
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The current version of lipsum depends on a newer version of l3kernel than available in TeX Live 2016. This is a usual problem, if someone tries to use an up-to-date package with an old TeX distribution. You should either use all package from the old TeX distribution or use a new one.
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thinkpadder
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Ijon Tichy wrote:The current version of lipsum depends on a newer version of l3kernel than available in TeX Live 2016.
Is there a way to download the 2016 version of the lipsum package? I've tried downloading its version from 29.Dec.2016 from the archive.org but it's not archived. Is there a facility or a site where we can download it?
thinkpadder
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Ijon Tichy wrote:I would recommend to install an up-to-date TeX Live either from DVD or ISO.

BTW: For Mac users usually MacTeX is recommended. But I'm not a Mac user.
I've downloaded the Tex Live 2020 from TeX Live 2020 .iso now available via torrent (texlive2020-20200406.iso) and installed it. It's got installed trouble free.

The reason I stayed away from 2020 version was because I thought it wouldn't work on macOS 10.7.5 because most software no longer support the 10.7.5 anymore. Luckily, Tex Live 2020 supports macOS 10.7.5.
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TeX Live 2021 is also available via torrent. See → Acquiring TeX Live as an ISO image.

BTW: There are also MacTeX versions for Mac OS 10.3 through 10.13. But I do not know, if they can be combined with new TeX Live or are using old TeX Live versions. I'm not a Mac user.
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