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! LaTeX Error: File `mypackage.sty' not found.

Type X to quit or <RETURN> to proceed,
or enter new name. (Default extension: sty)

I am getting the above error message in Ubuntu 10.10. I used this on the Windows machine with MikTeX and it worked fine. I am running TeX Live 2010 on my Ubuntu machine. I put mypackage.sty in a folder called mypackage under directory

/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/tex/latex
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You should not put files into /usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/tex/latex. That directory should be reserved for TeXLive itself.

If you are on a multi-user system, you can put files into /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/, but if it's just you on your linux machine, it's easier to put them in ~/texmf. If you do need them in the texmf-local folder you will need to run sudo mktexlsr to rebuild the file database. If you put things into ~/texmf you don't need to do this and your packages will always be found.

See this answer for more details.

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    It could be worth mentioning that for "one-off" packages, it could just be put in the same directory as the .tex file. – Seamus Jan 13 '11 at 10:29