TeX Live and MacTeX ⇒ polynom | Installation on Mac OS X

[ajaffary]

Hello.

I hope this is the right place to post this question.

I am trying to use the polynom package for long division of polynomials.

I am running Mac OS X 10.6.8.

I originally downloaded the polynom package from CTAN. Everything I've read says that I just needed to have the package files in the ~/Library/texmf/tex/ or /tex/latex subdirectory, and it should be recognized. I've tried that and keep receiving "undefined control sequence" when I try to publish, no matter what editor.

I then updated Texlive and saw that the polynom package was installed, but I'm still not able to use it - I keep getting the same errors in any editor. The editors I've tried are Ooolatex, LaTeXiT, TeXShop and TeXworks.

How can I tell if this package is installed correctly?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

How can I tell if this package is installed correctly?

Run

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kpsewhich polynom.sty

in a terminal window, i.e. at the command prompt. If it's not found, run

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sudo texhash

or

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sudo mktexlsr

at the command prompt.

Stefan

[ajaffary]

Thank you for the fast response.

I did that, and it's finding it exactly in my ~/Library/texmf/tex directory. However, I am still getting "undefined control sequence" when I enter something like:

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\polylongdiv{x^2+2x+1}{x-1}

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Besides installing, you have to load it in your document preamble:

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\usepackage{polynom}

Stefan