$TEXMFHOME setting

Question

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

I rebooted my computer and ran the command

kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFHOME

which gave me /home/myusrname/texmf. I checked texmf.cnf file again and it still had the line above. And my TEXMFHOME really is ~/texmf because I tested one of my .sty file under/.textmf and it did not work, while it still worked under ~/texmf.

Should I change something else to change my TEXMFHOME?

There is no need to reboot ! Have you added a newline at the end of your texmf.cnf file? — Paul Gaborit, Sep 14 '12 at 06:25
Doesn't solve the texmf.cnf issue itself, but couldn't you just set TEXMFHOME in your .profile? — Joseph Wright, Sep 14 '12 at 06:29
I tried on Mac OS X and it works; as Paul Gaborit says, there is no need to reboot. What's the answer of env | grep TEXMF? — egreg, Sep 14 '12 at 09:37
Are you using the correct kpsewhich? Maybe the one from Ubuntu is interfering. What does "which kpsewhich" say? — norbert, Sep 14 '12 at 09:37

score 24 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 23 '12 at 16:51

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In Ubuntu:

$ kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFHOME
/home/gpoo/texmf
$ export TEXMFHOME=$HOME/.texmf
$ kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFHOME
/home/gpoo/.texmf

You can export the variable in your .bashrc file as:

if [ -d ~/.texmf ] ; then
    export TEXMFHOME=~/.texmf
fi

edited Oct 23 '12 at 16:51

lockstep

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answered Oct 23 '12 at 16:34

gpoo

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In your first listing the export is local to the current terminal. Is this correct? – Marco Daniel Nov 22 '12 at 18:41
@MarcoDaniel: yes. – gpoo Nov 23 '12 at 01:06
Can you explain the meaning of -d ~/.texmf? – Marco Daniel Nov 23 '12 at 12:17
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In bash shell, it checks whether if the directory ~/.texmf exists. ~ is the user home directory. – gpoo Nov 23 '12 at 18:00
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On my system (Linux Mint 18), exporting TEXMFHOME as an env var does not change the output of kpsewhich. Am I doing something wrong? – Mirlan Apr 06 '19 at 17:26

score 10 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 22 '12 at 17:13

The standard procedure you followed is correct. Edit

/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf.cnf

to contain

TEXMFHOME = ~/.texmf

(better ensure a trailing return). There is no need to reboot.

However, if the output of kpsewhich --var-value TEXMFHOME is not ~/.texmf, then probably you have set TEXMFHOME in your environment (probably in the .bashrc file). Check the output of

env | grep TEXMF

to see if this is the case. If it is, then you have to find where the variable is being set and remove it.

$TEXMFHOME setting

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