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Questions tagged [texmf]

{texmf} is about questions about the texmf directory, which is the root of TeX directory structure.

{texmf} is about questions about the texmf directory, which is the root of TeX directory structure.

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What does 'texmf' stand for?

Just a (simple) short question: Why is the LaTeX root directory called texmf? Is there a meaning of the mf ending?
ejoerns
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Change TEXMFHOME per-user

I would like to know if it's possible to change the default TEXMFHOME location. Partly because I dislike the idea of programs cluttering my home directory with non-hidden files or directories (such as ~/texmf/) and partly because I would like to be…
quazgar
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Grepping through an entire texmf tree

I always forget the syntax of command-line tools for searching through multiple files. What's the easiest/fastest way to search through, say, all of the .sty files distributed in TeX Live for the occurrence of a string, say, \everypar? (Let's assume…
Will Robertson
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Disable TEXMFHOME for testing?

I'd like to be able to temporarily ignore my "home" texmf tree (in MacTeX /Users/will/Library/texmf) for testing purposes; e.g., to test some code and ensure only TeX Live-installed packages are found. Is this easily possible?
Will Robertson
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customizing TEXMFHOME

I'm on Ubuntu 12.04 (not sure if it makes a difference) and I'm trying to change $TEXMFHOME to a custom directory. Currently it is $HOME/texmf, which I believe is the default, but even when I put .sty files in there the compilation of the .tex file…
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TeX Live 2017 onwards Using $TEXMFAUXTREES are there disadvantages

I mainly use MiKTeX (Windows) as its simpler/lighter for portable use. TeX Live 2017 introduced $TEXMFAUXTREES similar for my usage in MiKTeX to the assignment on the fly of user-roots. Although my usage is portable I use the same techniques on full…
user170109
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texmf-local on Dropbox?

how local does texmf-local have to be? I have about 6 different computers, osx and linux, different versions, some on virtual machines. can I create one ~/Dropbox/texmf-local/ folder, and ln -s it to /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local (replacing the…
ivo Welch
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directories usr/texmf

Sorry about the newbie question!! As a background: I am running Texshop and sometimes Texmaker on OSX 10.9.2 I have used a package called leipzig over the last 2 years. As instructed I have saved it into…
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Finding and configuring my texmf tree

I'm trying to install a new style file that doesn't come by default with LaTeX. I'm on a Linux Mint computer, and installed LaTeX with a simple sudo apt install texlive or something like that, if I recall correctly. Now as I search for my texmf…
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Storing common files in texmf - MacOS

I have a number of files that I include in various latex documents (using \include). I thought the best way to keep them in one location would be to put them in a directory under ~/Library/texmf. If I put it right under texmf…
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Problem creating the TEXMFHOME directory

I would like to install a template package and the instructions given by the developer include using the command prompt with the following code mkdir "$(kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFHOME)/tex/latex/" what happens now is that in my user directory a new…
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where is `texmf.cnf` in arch linux?

while on Ubuntu, I had a file called /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf where I could set up some userspecific confs, e.g. something like TEXMFHOME = $HOME/texmf I would like to know where to find this file on archlinux, as I need to set up TEXMFHOME to a…
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texmf folder: What is it and what is it good for?

In my home directory (I am a GNU/linux machine) I have a folder named 'texmf' contained two folders named 'tlpkg' and web2c'. I vaguely recall that it was created in connection with some help I once received but I have no further recollection of…
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