On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, Paul Tremblay wrote:
> If the administrator adds a local texmf file for > him/her, then there is still a problem. The user can create the directory by himself. > In order to reconfigure things > for TeX, you have to run texhash as *root.* In my system (debian 3.0), I can run texhash without being root: $ texhash texhash: Updating /home/assirati/texmf/ls-R... texhash: Updating /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R... texhash: Updating /usr/local/lib/texmf/ls-R... texhash: /var/lib/texmf: directory not writable. Skipping... texhash: /var/spool/texmf: directory not writable. Skipping... texhash: Done. I have write permission in /home/assirati/texmf/ and /usr/local/, but not in /var, so texhash skips it. After this, I have a ls-R in /home/assirati/texmf/ > I suppose there is no way around this. I guess most LyX users have root > permission? I hope not, or lyx users will be very few... Joćo.
