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Where is the TexLive 2010 default package directory located in Windows 7 64-bit?

I'm led to believe it should be in C:\texlive\2010\texmf\tex\latex but that appears not to be the case and I cannot find the place where .sty files are held.

ptrcao
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The LaTeX style files for TeXLive on Windows are found in 

C:\texlive\WXYZ\texmf-dist\tex\latex

where WXYZ is the year.

David Carlisle
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    Incidentally, why can't I find the package chemfig in that directory when my TL manager lists it as being installed? – ptrcao Jul 02 '11 at 05:53
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    @ptrcao: Type kpsewhich chemfig.sty at the Command Prompt, and TeX Live will tell you where the file is located. (This of course is a general command: kpsewhich <filename>.) – Joseph Wright Jul 02 '11 at 06:13
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    @Joseph Wright: Top suggestion Joe. Apparently it's in c:/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/tex/generic/chemfig/chemfig.sty What is it doing in this folder? Why does it appear to be treated differently from the rest of the package .stys? – ptrcao Jul 02 '11 at 06:17
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    @ptrcao: Some code (Ti_k_z, for example) is designed to work with plain TeX, LaTeX and ConTeXt. The main body is therefore usually in generic rather than latex. In some cases, the code gets split up into the LaTeX-specific part and the generic part, but in others (as here) it does not. [P.S. It's 'Joseph', not 'Joe' :-)] – Joseph Wright Jul 02 '11 at 06:20
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    I see, that makes sense. [P.S. Sorry, I'm almost accustomed to "Joe" because every Joseph I've ever known has preferred "Joe", but "Joseph" it is in your case. :)] – ptrcao Jul 02 '11 at 06:26
  • @Joseph Wright: P.S. Why do you write it out as "Ti_k_z" rather than just "Tikz", what is the distinction you are making here? – ptrcao Jul 02 '11 at 06:29
  • @ptcao: Drat, the mark up failed. If you look at the Tikz manual, the 'k' is written in italics. (It's to emphasise the 'kein' in the name: TikZ ist kein Zeichenprogramm'.) – Joseph Wright Jul 02 '11 at 06:34
  • @ptrcao let us continue this discussion in chat – Joseph Wright Jul 02 '11 at 06:34
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On my Windows 7 64-bit computer running TeXLive 2013, the way to get my style (*.sty) files working "natively" is the following

1) put the *.sty file in C:\texlive\2013\texmf-dist\tex\latex

2) open the TeX Live command line

3) run the command mktexlsr

... as of February 10, 2014

George Fisher
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    The default location for private/third party sty files is $TEXMF/../texmf-local/tex/latex which translates into C:\texlive\texmf-local\tex\latex in your specific case. – AlexG Feb 10 '14 at 21:14