Hi all,
On Thu, 01 Jul 2021, Gavin Smith wrote:
> > Have been looking at the `TEXMF=/usr/share/texmf install-tex` problem. The
> > conclusion from installing texinfo has been the difficulty in locating
> > the correct path for texmf. We could write more detailed section about it.
[...]
> > texmf can be installed in a variety of places. The manual (installation
> > part)
> > should list some of the possibilities where texmf could reside.
>
> I don't know very much about it, is there documentation for TeX Live
> etc. that we could refer users to?
That is really hard to determine, because distributions and TeX Live
upstream might use completely different locations - not might, *are*
using ...
The best option is probably to install into
kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFLOCAL
that is
TEXMF=$(kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFLOCAL) install-tex
Any other directory might get purged, deleted, ignored, whatever by
distribution package managers (apt, dnf, ...). TEXMFLOCAL is normally
rather stable.
Best
Norbert
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