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Friday, November 11, 2011
LaTeX package xfrac and command \sfrac
In order to use the \sfrac command in math mode to produce a slanted fraction, the package xfrac must be used.
Well, looking into this it appears the xfrac package is in the TexLive package texlive-latex3. You can install this either under the Ubuntu Software Center or through the Synaptic Package Manager. However, after googling it, it seems there may be a conflict between the latex3 package and the texlive-math-extra package. It seems that xfrac was once part of math-extra before being reassigned to latex3.
In a later post I seem to run into the same problem, and the issue is fixed once I install latex3. However, looking at my current installation latex3 is not currently install yet xfrac still works. However, the package says,
"This is a transitional package for texlive-latex3 to ensure proper upgrade to texlive-latex-recommended. It can be safely removed after the installation is complete."
I recently upgraded to TeXLive 2012and then installed the full version which pulls in all packages. It is called texlive-full.
So in short try installing the txlive-latex3 to see if that works.
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ReplyDeleteCan you tell us how to download the xfrac package, please? I'm getting this error: "File `xfrac.sty' not found." I use Texmaker and Ubuntu 12.04.
ReplyDeleteWell, looking into this it appears the xfrac package is in the TexLive package texlive-latex3. You can install this either under the Ubuntu Software Center or through the Synaptic Package Manager. However, after googling it, it seems there may be a conflict between the latex3 package and the texlive-math-extra package. It seems that xfrac was once part of math-extra before being reassigned to latex3.
Deletehttp://timothyandrewbarber.blogspot.com/2012/04/update-on-xfrac-latex-package-sfrac.html
In a later post I seem to run into the same problem, and the issue is fixed once I install latex3. However, looking at my current installation latex3 is not currently install yet xfrac still works. However, the package says,
"This is a transitional package for texlive-latex3 to ensure proper
upgrade to texlive-latex-recommended. It can be safely removed after the
installation is complete."
I recently upgraded to TeXLive 2012and then installed the full version which pulls in all packages. It is called texlive-full.
So in short try installing the txlive-latex3 to see if that works.