You have requested package `include/foo' but the package provides `foo'

Question

I have the following files:

my_folder/
   include/
       mypackage.sty
   main.tex

The package's name is 'mypackage'. Now, in main.tex I do

\usepackage{include/mypackage}

using the file path rather than the package name. This works, but warns me:

You have requested package `include/foo' but the package provides `foo'

How do I avoid this without placing the document class file elsewhere?

The warning is there specifically so you don't do \usepackage{include/mypackage} do \usepackage{mypackage} instead. The argument is a package name not a file path, just as you don't do \documentclass{tex/macros/latex/base/article} — David Carlisle, Jun 27 '14 at 16:37
If you're using MiKTeX, see How do I set the search path for MikTeX? — Werner, Jun 27 '14 at 17:25
@Werner: Can I include something like CWD in the search path? — einpoklum, Jun 27 '14 at 18:41
@mvkorpel: The .sty and .cls files need to be exactly where they are... that is, they're particular to the document, not to my system. The only question is how to refer to them. — einpoklum, Jun 27 '14 at 18:42
@einpoklum: Honestly, you can use it as is, since it's only a warning. If you want to silence the warning, use the silence package. — Werner, Jun 27 '14 at 19:19
Something like CWD is already in the search path. If you put the packages in the same directory as the document, it will work fine. — cfr, Jun 27 '14 at 22:21
You really can just ignore the warning as Werner said. If you don't want to do that, you have to alter the search path. That depends on your distribution as Werner indicated. — cfr, Jun 28 '14 at 14:33
possible duplicate of where to put .sty and .cls file for project — egreg, Jul 05 '14 at 21:13
@egreg: Clarified that I want to decide where to put the files... — einpoklum, Jul 06 '14 at 15:24

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

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You can disable the warning using silence package:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{silence}
%Disable all warnings issued by latex starting with "You have..."
\WarningFilter{latex}{You have requested package}
\usepackage{include/mypackage}

\begin{document}
\end{document}

Another solution was proposed here: https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/31950/65072

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

Community

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answered Mar 14 '15 at 13:03

Desik

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Well, I guess that'd work, but it's a workaround rather than a solution... – einpoklum Mar 18 '15 at 03:54
Based on other answers: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/31925/install-package-in-subfolder, you can add "include" directory to your TEXINPUTS environment variable, that's the only other solution to my knowledge. But in this case you'll have a problem -- all your documents will be compiled with this new TEXINPUTS value. I use the solution with silence myself, it seems more modular. – Desik Mar 18 '15 at 08:17
... but the document can't really make assumptions about the environment variables. – einpoklum Apr 18 '15 at 15:56
do you have any idea how I can file this as a bug report / feature request with the LaTeX project, officially? – einpoklum Jan 16 '16 at 17:12
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I was searching for bug reporting many times - Latex community doesn't seem to use public bug trackers. You should probably contact the authors of latex/miktex/whatever by email. – Desik Jan 16 '16 at 20:57

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 30 '23 at 02:07

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I encountered a similar problem recently. The issue was that I'd copied original.sty in order to have a modified version modified.sty, but I'd forgotten to change \ProvidesPackage{original}[...] to \ProvidesPackage{modified}[...] in modified.sty. As such, I got the error You have requested package 'original', but the package provides 'modified'. Making the above change resolved the error.

edited Mar 30 '23 at 02:07

Olivier

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answered Jan 07 '23 at 14:36

Matt

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Welcome to TeX.SE! – Mensch Jan 07 '23 at 14:58
Thanks! Happy to help where I can! – Matt Jan 17 '23 at 14:49

You have requested package `include/foo' but the package provides `foo'

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