> > will be in a subdirectory of /usr/local/teTeX/bin. Put that into your > > PATH before /usr/bin. ... > I have indeed been attempting the default installation. Per your path > advice, I > tried executing the command: > > /usr/local/teTeX/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/texconfig
No, my advice was to modify your PATH. texconfig is a script which calls other commands (such as kpsewhich). If it ends up calling the wrong kpsewhich, it won't work. So, please export PATH=/usr/local/teTeX/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin:$PATH texconfig > bash-2.05b$ kpsewhich --show-path texmf.cnf You are calling /usr/bin/kpsewhich, not /usr/local/teTeX/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/kpsewhich. > My first concern is that /usr/local/teTeX/texmf/web2c does not appear in any > of > these paths. How should the old kpsewhich know of /usr/local/teTeX? > My second (and perhaps related) concern is that kpsewhich appears > to be pointing to all kinds of junk that needn't and/or shouldn't be there. > Do > you have any thoughts about how this might be corrected? Call the correct version? > I'm not sure. A previous installation is possible. I inherited the computer > I'm trying to install on, and mpost was not working (and AUCTeX not > installed), You can try to rpm -qf /usr/bin/texconfig and deinstall that package. But as long as the old package does not set any environment variables, there should not be a real need to deinstall it. > This is good to know, thank you. I'm very new to user lists so please let me > know if I am committing some sort of faux pas - can you tell me if it is > better > to include you on copy or only to email the user list? It is sufficient to write to the list or directly to me. BTW: the installation instructions of teTeX-2.0.2 tell you to adjust your PATH... Thomas
