Can I install new packages for texlive

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It seems that I can not do anything to update this outdated TeXlive+Kile system.

********:~/TeX$ texhash
texhash: /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R: no write permission. Skipping...
texhash: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN: no write permission. Skipping...
texhash: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE: no write permission. Skipping...
texhash: /var/lib/texmf/ls-R: no write permission. Skipping...
texhash: Done.

If you are an administrator on your system and you're on linux, you could try sudo texhash — Seamus, Mar 31 '11 at 12:06
Myname is not in the sudoers file. I am not the root. I can only modify /home/myname folder. — Ma Ming, Mar 31 '11 at 12:10
In that case, if you have a couple of gigabytes in your home directory then you could install a completely fresh version of TeXLive there and just use that, ignoring the system installed version with impunity. — Andrew Stacey, Mar 31 '11 at 12:19

score 9 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 12 '11 at 19:37

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Install the file in ~/texmf/tex/latex/<package name> then it will be found by the system without running texhash. You can control the TEXMFHOME value by

echo $TEXMFHOME

it should point to your home directory

edited Sep 12 '11 at 19:37

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answered Mar 31 '11 at 14:20

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TeX Live usually doesn't use environment variables, so you should use kpsewhich --var-value=TEXMFHOME instead. And texhash is not required for the home tree. – Philipp Mar 31 '11 at 16:06
depends to your installation. And that texhash isn't needed for TEXMFHOME was already mentioned ... :-) – Mar 31 '11 at 16:21
Indeed, I should actually read the posts. I've only noticed the word "texhash" :-) – Philipp Mar 31 '11 at 16:42

Can I install new packages for texlive

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