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How could I solve this following problem:

 'mathtools.sty' not found .\usepackage

I am using following packages:

 \documentclass[12pt]{report} 
 \usepackage{textcomp, amssymb} 
 \usepackage{graphicx}
 \usepackage{amsmath}
 \usepackage{mathtools}
 \usepackage[all]{xy}
 \usepackage{algorithm}
 \usepackage{algorithmic}
 \usepackage{helvet} 
 \usepackage{color}

I am compiling my .tex code in kile.

Martin Schröder
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  • Which TeX distribution do you use? – Mico Sep 28 '12 at 20:49
  • i do not understand what do you mean. what is tlmgr.There is ubuntu in my machine. how would install it there? – thetna Sep 28 '12 at 20:54
  • I will delete my comment, it will not help, please answer Mico's question. :) – nickpapior Sep 28 '12 at 21:02
  • @ mico, i am not so aware about the distribution of latex too. i have ubuntu machine. i use kile for compiling . – thetna Sep 28 '12 at 21:07
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    @thetna: If you type tex at a command prompt, you'll get a message string (e.g., This is TeX, Version 3.1415926 (TeX Live 2012)), and then a ** prompt. (Type "control-d" to exit from TeX's interactive mode.) Or, if you type latex at a command prompt, you might something like This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.4-1.40.13 (TeX Live 2012), followed by a ** interactive prompt. Your system's TeX distribution is the part of the message string inside parentheses (in my case, "TeX Live 2012"). – Mico Sep 28 '12 at 21:24
  • @Mico, I googled and now i installed tex live. Could you please give me direction, what should i do to get rid of my problem ? – thetna Sep 28 '12 at 21:29
  • If TeXLive is installed properly, you shouldn't be experiencing a "package not found" error of the variety you describe. That's why I was asking which TeX distribution you use. Is it TeXLive 2012, or an older version? Please advise. – Mico Sep 28 '12 at 21:31
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    This is TeX, Version 3.1415926 (TeX Live 2009/Debian). – thetna Sep 28 '12 at 21:37
  • Any chance at all that you can download and install TeXLive 2012? See the site http://www.tug.org/texlive/ for instructions. – Mico Sep 28 '12 at 21:45
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    let us continue this discussion in chat – thetna Sep 28 '12 at 21:51

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sudo apt-get install texlive-latex3

solved my problem.The reason behind this problem was, latex mathematical style file mathtools.sty was missing. When i installed texlive-latex3 those missing files were added. This is lighter than the full texlive.

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    This is very short for an answer. Can you more specific why this command resolves your problem. Perhaps a summary of the content of the chat? – Mensch Sep 28 '12 at 22:55