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Disclaimer: An identical question was asked 10 years ago with no answer. I would like to ask again in case someone, a decade later, has found a solution.

I have a folder that looks like this:

Phys1500
|   chaos.sty
+---Assignment1
|       1500HW1.tex
|       ...       
\---Tutorials
        ...

In my 1500HW1 file in the Assignment1 folder, I would like to access the chaos.sty file in the parent directory. I have tried this with

\usepackage{chaos.sty}

to no effect. LaTeX can't see the chaos.sty file.

How may I access it? I don't simply want to move the style file to the directory of interest, because in the future I'll have more assignments that`ll all make use of that file.

Thanks in advance :)

Abdullah Mustafa
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    styles should normally be in a texmf tree. So I would put it e.g. in texmflocal/tex/latex/mystyles, or create a new local texmf and put it there. – Ulrike Fischer Jan 13 '24 at 16:51
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    also it should be \usepackage{chaos} with no .sty – David Carlisle Jan 13 '24 at 17:11
  • @AlanMunn It's a bit overkill. I only need the LaTeX files for this course (this Phys1500) folder to have access to them. Not every single one. – Abdullah Mustafa Jan 13 '24 at 17:21
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    But your distribution is set up to have a place for local additions, and this is it. I have a letterhead package that I use only for letters, but it still goes there. You just need to put the package in <yourpath>/texmf/tex/latex/<yourpackage> and then forget about it. (Where will depend on your particular OS). – Alan Munn Jan 13 '24 at 17:26
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    You could add a second directory to your TEXMFHOME, (see e.g. How to make LaTeX see local texmf tree for Mac/Linux) but personally I don't think that is ever worth the effort. If you want to keep the files in a different location but still have them seen, you can simply add symbolic links to the folder in your home texmf folder instead (again, assuming Mac/Linux). – Alan Munn Jan 13 '24 at 17:34

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