Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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]
Thanks to all who replied, certainly I will set up my own separate tree. -- Giulio Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED]