Re: Where to put Latex packages?

[Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk>]

On 30 Jul 2001, Glyn Millington wrote:
> 
> Greetings!
> 
> Running 2.2 r3 here.  I want to install some Latex packages that didn't
> come with the distribution. If I install them in /usr/local then Latex
> can't seem to find them  (after running texhash of course ;-).
> 
> Is there a "Debian way" of handlng this or a special Debian place for such
> packages?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Glyn
> -- 


I installed my extra latex packages in /usr/local/lib/texmf/ (making
appropriate directories as needed) and then did the following:

	texhash
	cd /tmp
	initex latex.ltx
	[Ignore any warnings about the sources being too old]
	mv latex.ltx /var/lib/texmf/web2c/

This worked for me.

Anthony

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