--- In [email protected], "Pascal" <pascal.hasko@...> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I need help with setting up my PATH environments on Debian Testing (Wheezy) > after I manually installed TexLive 2011. In Debian's repositories (Testing) > there is only TexLive 2009 available and I need an up-to-date moderncv.cls > class file for writing a specific document. So I decided to upgrade TexLive > to the unstable version (TexLive 2011). Unfortunately the moderncv.cls file > is also missing there. On the German Tex mailinglist I was adviced to > manually install TexLive 2011, which has the files I need. Debian's TexLive > package is rather incomplete. They generally advice to install TexLive by > hand on Linux system and not rely on package-management in this regard. > > Removing the Debian TexLive is not really an option as my favorite > LaTeX-Editor 'Kile' depends on it. > > The installation finished (Tested via command line, it works there!) the > installer told me to change my PATH environment settings accordingly: > > Add /usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf/doc/man to MANPATH, if not dynamically > determined. > > Add /usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf/doc/info to INFOPATH. > > Most importantly, add /usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/x86_64-linux to your PATH > for current and future > sessions. > > Now I'm somewhat confused as to where to put these lines. I am the only user > on my home PC (If you do not count Root as a user in his own right), so the > settings do not necessarily have to be system-wide. Some websites told me to > put > 'PATH=PATH$:/usr/local/texlive/2011/bin/i386-linux' > > in /etc/profile > > Others to put it into my own .profile. Still others said it should be either > in /bash.bashrc or > ~/.bashrc > > I got a little confused here. > > Ubuntu's German wiki advises against all the proposed solutions, and wants me > to add these lines to /etc/environment. This file does not exist yet on my > Debian system and I have not found any information so far, whether one should > create such a file first. Although as to what I have read /etc/environment, > at least on Ubuntu, should exist and have already some lines relating PATH > variables in it. > > > My GUI LaTeX editors still use Debian's own TexLive packages, not the > manually installed ones and do not let me write the document as the > aforementioned file is missing. I logged out after each change, and as that > did not help I did a full reboot. > > Could you give some advice where to set the PATH environment? This should > also be set for GUI programs. > > For the time being I would like to avoid the rough&dirty workaround of > symlinking the default TexLive folders with the ones I have installed by hand. > > Thanks a lot for your help, > > Pascal >
Have you looked in Debian unstable for texlive 2011? http://packages.debian.org/sid/texlive Package: texlive (2011.20120410-1) Installing it might be your cleanest solution. Sometimes it isn't the answers but the questions that matter. ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
