Re: Latex: where to install new styles? Mf: how to muzzle?
Hi there
I normally assume that Latex should be installed in /usr/local/texmf
where all the libraries and styles are included. for everything to work
perfectly you should add the proper paths in the /etc/bashrc or .bashrc
export TEXMF=/usr/local/texmf
export TEXINPUTS=.:$TEXMF/tex/latex2e//:$TEXMF/tex//
with these paths all the needed styles and defs are found by the system.
However and I dont know why linux distributions came with texmf installed
in the /usr/lib/texmf
which is almost the same thing.
so what I should do in your case could be one of the two following things:
- reinstall the latex package in the /usr/local/
and install the new styles in the styles directory inside texmf
or go ahead and install the packages in /usr/local but create a
simbolic link in the styles directory inside /usr/lib/texmf where ever it is.
hope this helps
miguel
On Fri, 6 Sep 1996, Jean Orloff wrote:
>
> To begin with:
> I installed Latex2e-7 yesterday, with libmf required, the mf**
> packages mentionned earlier, and it all works without a single "format not
> found"! Thanks debian-user!!!
>
> Now the questions:
>
> 1) Where/how am I supposed to install latex styles for all users?
> /usr/lib/texmf/tex is quite a jungle, and I thought I was not supposed to
> customize /usr. But if I put in /usr/local, how to comply with the mysterious
> logics behind Latex2e, and above all, how to get it accessible? I failed to
> find an /etc config file...
>
> 2) Kpathsea is a nice and powerful thing. However, when viewing a dvi from
> netscape, chances are it will contain unsual fonts and thus produce a lot of
> output like
> The letter A
> The letter B
> ....
> which is not thrilling, and which netscape chops into many dialogs you have to
> each kill on the OK button... How do I tell metafont to run silently? I don't
> mind keeping a single line each time a font is built... Again, no /etc config
> file in sight...
>
> Amities,
>
> Jean Orloff
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