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I install texlive with a .iso file but not the Debian package. As on Ubuntu, I will do

mkdir -p $HOME/.texmf/tex/latex/amazing
sudo /usr/local/texlive/2013/bin/x86_64-linux/tlmgr conf texmf TEXMFHOME $HOME/.texmf
mv amazingbook.cls $HOME/.texmf/tex/latex/amazing
mktexlsr $HOME/.texmf

But this does not help on Debian, i.e. the latex can not find amazingbook.cls. What should I do then?

user25607
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  • What do you mean 'does not help'? You do know that you don't have to hash your local tree (assuming it's not an NFS mount)? – Joseph Wright Apr 13 '14 at 02:26
  • Did you install the debian texlive package? or a manual texlive install to /usr/local? – dfc Apr 13 '14 at 02:27
  • @JosephWright Thanks! I do not know. – user25607 Apr 13 '14 at 02:31
  • This answer should help. – Masroor Apr 13 '14 at 02:33
  • If you installed TeX Live using an .iso from upstream, you do not need (and ought not) run that sudo command. TL will recognise TEXMFHOME already. And don't run mktexlsr on it. It is unnecessary and will only confuse things. I think, though I am not certain, that TeX may use the database if it is there and that will prevent it finding other things. You don't need or want it for TEXMFHOME. (In 99% of cases.) Don't run the tlmgr step. In any case, TEXMFHOME should be ~/texmf - it is NOT a dot file. – cfr Apr 13 '14 at 02:50
  • @MMA Thanks! I do the 8 point in that answer. But it does not help also. – user25607 Apr 13 '14 at 02:54
  • @cfr Thanks so much! Should I change the TEXMFHOME to default? And how? – user25607 Apr 13 '14 at 03:03
  • Yes. I don't know. I don't want to suggest something which will make it worse. From the man page concerning using tlmgr conf to set rather than merely read options: Warning: The general facility is here, but tinkering with settings in this way is very strongly discouraged. Again, no error checking is done, so any sort of breakage is possible. – cfr Apr 13 '14 at 03:13
  • @cfr Hi, I reset TEXMFHOME to ~/texmf and then mktexlsr. Afterwards, it works! Could you explain why TEXMFHOME should be ~/texmf - it is NOT a dot file as an answer? Then I will accept it to end this post. – user25607 Apr 13 '14 at 03:37
  • @user25607 Done... I spun it out a little, but basically that's all there is to it ;). – cfr Apr 13 '14 at 03:43

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TeX Live automatically sets up ~/texmf as TEXMFHOME. Note that it is not a dot file. Moreover, you should not run mktexlsr on this directory. By default - and in 99% of cases, it is a good default - TeX searches the disk directly in that case. This means you can add things and they'll be found right away. Because you probably have a relatively small number of files there, the inconvenience of updating a filename database vastly outweighs any tiny improvement in speed it would yield.

So just put your files under ~/texmf in the appropriate sub-directory. No additional set up is required post-installation. TeX Live uses this by default.

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  • Thanks so much! But the first answer to the linked question suggests ~/.texmf. Why? If I install TL with Debian package, would ~/.texmf works? – user25607 Apr 13 '14 at 04:20
  • @user25607 in this case, OP wanted to make invisible. This is not the default; read carefully. – Sean Allred Apr 13 '14 at 06:01
  • @SeanAllred Where is invisibility mentioned? Maybe I'm missing the obvious but as far as I can tell, the question is just about how to install a .cls file. No mention about making TEXMFHOME invisible. – cfr Apr 13 '14 at 12:22
  • @cfr Hi, your answer is enough. But it will be better if we can make TEXMFHOME invisible. – user25607 Apr 13 '14 at 12:55
  • @user25607 Does http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/83829/39222 help? – cfr Apr 13 '14 at 13:32
  • @cfr "I use texlive 2012 on ubuntu 12.04. I wanted my ~/texmf folder invisible, so I edited my texmf.cnf file which is in /usr/local/texlive/2012 directory:

    TEXMFHOME = ~/.texmf"

     – Sean Allred Apr 13 '14 at 15:12
  • @SeanAllred Is that in another question? I'm completely lost - I don't see that anywhere on this page. I even ran a search in my browser to convince myself I'm going nuts. The only occurrences of 'invisible' my browser finds are in the comments following my answer. Nothing in the question or comments on it. – cfr Apr 13 '14 at 15:18
  • @cfr See the question linked to in OP's first comment on this answer. – Sean Allred Apr 13 '14 at 15:21
  • @SeanAllred Oh. I just realised that the 'read carefully' was (I think) not addressed to me. I thought you were saying I had not read this question carefully and that this OP had said they wanted to make the directory invisible (originally - not just in the comments here). Sorry for the (I think) confusion). – cfr Apr 13 '14 at 15:23
  • XD no worries! I could/should have been more specific :) – Sean Allred Apr 13 '14 at 15:26
  • @SeanAllred And I should have read your comment more carefully ;). 'XD' ? – cfr Apr 13 '14 at 15:30
  • :) (And it's another emoticon; :) :D XD) – Sean Allred Apr 13 '14 at 17:25
  • But the method in the question is OK for the Ubuntu OS where the Texlive is also installed with a .iso file. – user25607 Apr 29 '14 at 00:26