Shell script to install LaTeX sty files from LaTeX packages on CTAN to Debian/Ubuntu

ctan2sty

#!/bin/bash

# Process https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/1138

# set -x


if [ "$(id -u)" = "0" ]; then
    echo "Please, avoid to run this script as root"
    exit 1
fi

echo "Please, add the CTAN package you are interested in:"
read ctanpkg

pkgfile="$ctanpkg".zip



wget -P /tmp https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/$pkgfile

if [ -f "/tmp/$pkgfile" ]; then
	unzip -o /tmp/$pkgfile -d /tmp
else
	echo "Download did not have the expected output."
	exit 1
fi

rm /tmp/$pkgfile

styff="$(find /tmp/$ctanpkg -name *.sty)"

texhomedir="$(kpsewhich -var-value=TEXMFHOME)"



for styfile in $styff; do
	if [ -f $styfile ]; then
		mkdir -p "$texhomedir"/tex/latex/local
		cp $styfile "$texhomedir"/tex/latex/local
		texhash "$texhomedir"
		echo "$styfile installation succeed"
	else
		exit 1
	fi
done

rm -r /tmp/$ctanpkg

# set +x
exit 0