How can I use a (updated) LaTeX package not provided by the local installation of texlive?
You can install the missing LaTeX package to your home directory. Here is a small howto:
cd ~/texmf # Or create this directory if it does not exist yet wget 'http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/tex/install/.../PACKAGE.tds.zip' unzip PACKAGE.tds.zip rm PACKAGE.tds.zip cd ~ texhash ~/texmf
If you just installed a font, you will also have to update the font map file. First you have to find the name of the font map file of the just installed font (the file ends in .map). Then run:
updmap --enable Map=FONTNAME.map