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I followed this instructions to install a vanilla version of texlive. Everything worked out fine except the part where I have finalize the installation. I used grep -n texbin /etc/environment || sudo sed -i.bak -e /PATH/s/\\\"$/:\\\/opt\\\/texbin\"/ /etc/environment to add the path to PATH. After logging out and signing in which tex still shows /usr/bin/tex which is my old installation of texlive, installed using apt-get, instead of opt/texbin as it should be.

When compiling a .tex file using xelatex I get erorrs and the header shows that it is the 2013 version instead of the 2015 I just installed. If I use /opt/texbin/xelatex everything works fine.

I figured out that I should add /opt/texbin/ at first in the /etc/environment. I did this, but even after rebooting echo $PATH doesn't show /opt/texbin at all and which tex still shows /usr/bin/tex.

I use Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and running in zsh.

How can I modify the file to fix this?

fukurai
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  • Welcome to TeX.SX! You should put /opt/texbin in front of the current value of PATH, not at the end. What's the output of echo $PATH after rebooting? – egreg Apr 03 '16 at 13:25
  • echo $PATH outputs /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games and /etc/environment contains PATH="/opt/texbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games" – fukurai Apr 03 '16 at 13:33
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    Well, it seems that the change has not been seen. I usually go for the /etc/profile.d route, by adding a texlive.sh file in that directory, containing export PATH=/opt/texbin:${PATH}, rather than modifying /etc/environment. – egreg Apr 03 '16 at 13:36
  • Ok, so I wrote the short script in that directory, but still, after rebooting echo $PATH doesn't contain /opt/texbin

    Am I right that I don't have a folder texbin in /opt but rather a symlink named texbin?

     – fukurai Apr 03 '16 at 14:24
  • /opt/texbin should be a symbolic link to /usr/local/texlive/2015/bin/x86_64-linux . You may have some setting of the path in your .profile or .bashrc, please check. – egreg Apr 03 '16 at 14:30
  • Thanks for the tip. I had the export settings set in .zshrc Added /opt/texbin in front and now which tex solves for /opt/texbin/tex. – fukurai Apr 03 '16 at 14:50
  • I'll vote to close as off-topic, because the question is unlikely to be helpful to others, as the issue depended on your particular configuration. Which doesn't mean it was a bad question at all. Happy to have been helpful and again welcome! – egreg Apr 03 '16 at 15:11
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    I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because the issue was due to settings in .zshrc – egreg Apr 03 '16 at 15:11

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