2006/1/24, Marcelle Santos <marcellesantos@yahoo.com>: > I've added the lines > > TEXINPUTS=/usr/share/texmf//:.//: > export TEXINPUTS > > to my .bashrc file > > in order to force Latex to find some macros. > but it just doesn't work > > can anybody help me with that ?? > > thanks. > marcelle. > > the trailing : is wrong probaby (I ma not a Latx expert, but in PATH trailing : would be wrong) what does echo $TEXINPUTS tells you? PAolo