Restoring floatflt.sty
Problem:
LaTeX Error: File `floatflt.sty' not found
Solution (to be run as root):
mkdir -p /usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/floatflt cd /usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/floatflt rm -f floatflt.* float*.tex wget http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/floatflt/floatflt.ins wget http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/floatflt/floatflt.dtx latex floatflt.ins texhash /usr/share/texmf-texlive
Explanation: floatflt has an unusual license which has been deemed unfree. It was included in Ubuntu 9.10, but has been removed from Ubuntu 10.04. Build instructions, however, are provided.