> 1. I can't get my path commands to stick. When I issue > export PATH=$PATH:/usr/TeX/bin/i386-linux > I have to reissue it each time I log in and sometimes more often. I have > issued this command as root, and the problem still wont go away;
environment variables are only passed to child processes on UNIX, never to parent processes. Put this setting into your private ~/.profile or /etc/profile to make it permanent. > 2. mktexlsr does not update everything. I have added my former texmf-var tree > to teTeX, but mktexlsr gives > > mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R... > mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/db/ls-R... > mktexlsr: Updating /var/cache/fonts/ls-R... > mktexlsr: Done. > > ignoring /usr/TeX// entirely. I have not changed anything in texmf.cnf; Was it the right file? Check with kpsewhich texmf.cnf Did you really add your new texmf-var to the TEXMF variable? kpsewhich -expand-var=\$TEXMF > 3. Clicking on the shell script for oxdvi gives the following message: > Couldn't find the program 'oxdvi'' Just check if the oxdvi script exists in /usr/TeX/bin/i386-linux. Thomas
