Giulio Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What is the proper location in a debian system for files obtained from CTAN? > Should there be a /usr/local/share/texmf tree in addition to the > /usr/share/texmf tree, or should files obtained from sources other than debian > be put in some logical place in the deb-package tree? files from > /macros/latex/contrib/supported/ for example? > > Also, once installed, what is the command for making tex/latex aware of these > files? > > Thanks very much for your help > -- > Giulio Morgan > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've set up a custom tree /usr/local/share/texmf/ with the same structure as /usr/share/texmf/, yet only with custom or newer packages. Be sure to mimic the structure (depth) of the original tree in your custom tree; you just have to add the branches you need to it. Examples for a custom package installation path: /usr/local/share/texmf/tex/latex/koma-script/[and the koma-files] /usr/local/share/texmf/bibtex/bst/andre.bst This is the beginning of my /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf [comments snipped]: TEXMFMAIN = /usr/share/texmf TEXMFLOCAL = /usr/local/share/texmf TEXMF = {!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFMAIN} SYSTEXMF = $TEXMF VARTEXFONTS = /var/spool/texmf TEXMFDBS = $TEXMF;$VARTEXFONTS [the rest unchanged] Note that my custom packages are sourced before the ones that come with tetex (see line 3), which also allows the use of newer versions of packages without any changes in the default installation. Just run 'texhash' as root every time you've changed something. -- Andre Berger [EMAIL PROTECTED]