On 30 Jul 2001, Glyn Millington wrote:
>
> Greetings!
>
> Running 2.2 r3 here. I want to install some Latex packages that didn't
> come with the distribution. If I install them in /usr/local then Latex
> can't seem to find them (after running texhash of course ;-).
>
> Is there a "Debian way" of handlng this or a special Debian place for such
> packages?
>
> TIA
>
> Glyn
> --
I installed my extra latex packages in /usr/local/lib/texmf/ (making
appropriate directories as needed) and then did the following:
texhash
cd /tmp
initex latex.ltx
[Ignore any warnings about the sources being too old]
mv latex.ltx /var/lib/texmf/web2c/
This worked for me.
Anthony
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