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I need to install the imsart package to submit my article to an IMS journal. I downloaded the zip file from the IMS website, but I do not know how to install this package. I want to install this package so I can use it in Scientific WorkPlace and Texmaker.

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FBJ
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Personally, I wouldn't install the package on my system, but instead copy the relevant files into the same folder as the main LaTeX document. That way, you can ensure that any colleagues working on the paper use the same IMS template, and not maybe some old version - or even run into issues with compiling, as they didn't install the template either.

Also, the imsart FAQ says that, if you want to upload your paper to arXiv, you need to upload imsart.sty (and I assume also imsart.cls) as well. You'll thus have to have this file ready for uploading anyways, and if you have it right in your working folder, you hopefully won't forget to upload it.

So, the fastest way to get started is to unzip the archive, copy it to your favourite folder, rename the folder to e.g. myAwesomePaper, rename the ims-template.tex to e.g. myPaper.tex, and start working on that file.

If you do want to install the package on your system, e.g. if you write IMS papers all the time, and don't want to bother copying the files around every time, then this TeX.SE answer tells you exactly where to place the package files. Just copy the content of the zip archive to that place, and you should be fine.

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  • Thank you very much. But when I use your advice I receive this message: Process started C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\farsitex\config\miktex.ini: cannot read personal configuration Process exited with error(s) @hbaderts – FBJ Sep 27 '16 at 19:43
  • What exactly did you do? Did you run pdflatex myPaper.tex? Are you able to compile other simple documents? – hbaderts Sep 27 '16 at 19:49
  • yes I ran [link](pdflatex mypaper.tex) . I am not able to run any document. @hbaderts – FBJ Sep 27 '16 at 20:17
  • I think my problem came from texlive and texmaker installation problems. I uninstalled them and reinstalled again. In this way I could run my document. Thank you @hbaderts – FBJ Sep 27 '16 at 21:05