texlive-latex-extra @37398: Missing tcolrbox and etoolbox

[MaurizioLoreti]

texlive-latex-extra should contain packages tcolrbox and etoolbox - but the are not on my Mac. My version: @37398

[drkp (Dan Ports)]

etoolbox is in texlive-latex-extra:

/opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/tcolorbox/tcolorbox.sty is provided by: texlive-latex-extra

There is no tcolrbox, but assuming you meant tcolorbox, it's also in texlive-latex-extra:

> kpsewhich tcolorbox.sty
/opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/tcolorbox/tcolorbox.sty
> port provides /opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/tcolorbox/tcolorbox.sty
/opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/tcolorbox/tcolorbox.sty is provided by: texlive-latex-extra

[MaurizioLoreti]

Sorry, not for me:

MLO@bigmac 1 $ kpsewhich tcolorbox.sty
MLO@bigmac 2 $ kpsewhich etoolbox.sty
MLO@bigmac 3 $ port list texlive-latex-extra
texlive-latex-extra            @37398          tex/texlive-latex-extra
MLO@bigmac 4 $ pdflatex bigmac
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.16 (TeX Live 2015/MacPorts 2015_1) (preloaded format=pdflatex)
....
(/opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/babel/babel.def)))

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

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

I can't understand why, but in my hard disk these packages are not present. I also reinstalled the port (sudo port upgrade -force texlive-latex-extra) but the problem persists.

MLO@bigmac 4 $ pdflatex colorbox.tex
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.16 (TeX Live 2015/MacPorts 2015_1) (preloaded format=pdflatex)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./colorbox.tex
LaTeX2e <2015/01/01>
Babel <3.9l> and hyphenation patterns for 44 languages loaded.
(/opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2014/09/29 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
(/opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
(/opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/graphics/color.sty
(/opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/latexconfig/color.cfg)
(/opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/pdftex-def/pdftex.def
(/opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/oberdiek/infwarerr.sty)
(/opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/oberdiek/ltxcmds.sty)))

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

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

[MaurizioLoreti]

As a side note, /opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/tcolorbox exists in my distribution, but does not contain the style file (there is only one file inside):

$ ls /opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/tcolorbox/
tcbraster.code.tex
$ port provides /opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/tcolorbox/tcolorbox.sty
/opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/tcolorbox/tcolorbox.sty does not exist.
$

The directory /opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/etoolbox does NOT exist.

[drkp (Dan Ports)]

Interesting. I'm at a loss for how this is possible, especially after reinstalling texlive-latex-extra. Can you provide a log from the installation? Say, by running port -kn upgrade --force texlive-latex-extra and then attaching the file from port logfile texlive-latex-extra

[MaurizioLoreti]

Well, something very strange happened; for 'port upgrade' texlive-latex-extra is not installed, altough 'port list' knows about it:

$ sudo port -kn upgrade --force texlive-latex-extra
Error: texlive-latex-extra is not installed
$ port list texlive-latex-extra
texlive-latex-extra            @37398          tex/texlive-latex-extra

so I tried an install of the port, that failed:

$ sudo port -kn install texlive-latex-extra
--->  Computing dependencies for texlive-latex-extra
--->  Fetching archive for texlive-latex-extra
--->  Attempting to fetch texlive-latex-extra-37398_0+doc.darwin_14.noarch.tbz2 from http://nue.de.packages.macports.org/macports/packages/texlive-latex-extra
--->  Attempting to fetch texlive-latex-extra-37398_0+doc.darwin_14.noarch.tbz2.rmd160 from http://nue.de.packages.macports.org/macports/packages/texlive-latex-extra
--->  Installing texlive-latex-extra @37398_0+doc
--->  Activating texlive-latex-extra @37398_0+doc
Error: org.macports.activate for port texlive-latex-extra returned: Image error: /opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/doc/latex/tcolorbox/tcolorbox.doc.quickref.tex already exists and does not belong to a registered port.  Unable to activate port texlive-latex-extra. Use 'port -f activate texlive-latex-extra' to force the activation.
Please see the log file for port texlive-latex-extra for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_tex_texlive-latex-extra/texlive-latex-extra/main.log
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
    http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
Error: Processing of port texlive-latex-extra failed

However the suggested procedure worked, and all the packages are now there:

$ sudo port -f activate texlive-latex-extra
--->  Computing dependencies for texlive-latex-extra
--->  Activating texlive-latex-extra @37398_0+doc
Warning: File /opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/doc/latex/tcolorbox/tcolorbox.doc.quickref.tex already exists.  Moving to: /opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/doc/latex/tcolorbox/tcolorbox.doc.quickref.tex.mp_1437974622.
Warning: File /opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/doc/latex/tcolorbox/tcolorbox.doc.raster.tex already exists.  Moving to: /opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/doc/latex/tcolorbox/tcolorbox.doc.raster.tex.mp_1437974622.
Warning: File /opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/doc/latex/tcolorbox/tcolorbox.doc.recording.tex already exists.  Moving to: /opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/doc/latex/tcolorbox/tcolorbox.doc.recording.tex.mp_1437974622.
Warning: File /opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/tcolorbox/tcbraster.code.tex already exists.  Moving to: /opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/tcolorbox/tcbraster.code.tex.mp_1437974622.
--->  Cleaning texlive-latex-extra
$ kpsewhich tcolorbox.sty
/opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/tcolorbox/tcolorbox.sty
$ kpsewhich etoolbox.sty
/opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/etoolbox/etoolbox.sty

I cannot understand what happened, but now my texlive installation seems OK. And, of course, thank you for the quick help and the suggestions. I also removed /opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/tcolorbox/*.mp* and the likes in /doc .