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 cannot find it. And more so, when I change the directory of $TEXMFHOME
to something else and move the .sty
file there, it still can' find it. However, if I put the .sty
file in the same directory as the .tex
file it works perfectly (not what I want though). I am changing $TEXMFHOME
in /etc/texmf/texmf.d/05TeXMF.cnf
and using sudo update-texmf
to generate the texmf.cnf
file. Is this the correct way? What am I doing wrong?
If it's helpful, I am using emacs with auctex as my editor.
I have found other threads on here and other sites that are very similar, but none of the solutions for those worked for me.
Best Answer
Why change it at all? I think what you're missing is that you should make your personal
texmf
-tree mimic that of the installed version. This is easily remedied.In a terminal:
(You should / will need to make the appropriate sub-directories for
bibtex
anddoc
if you want to put things in there.)Now you can test whether things are found:
The last command should return:
Note also that the command
should return a list of places that will be searched in the order (I believe) they are searched. Your personal tree is probably listed first, which means that in a race between, e.g., the 'system'
myfakefile.sty
and your 'personal'myfakefile.sty
, the personal one will win.Finally, I should point out that your attempts at modifying
texmf.cnf
may have made this answer not work (I'm not sure what you did). I would revert your changes to the default set-up as it will be easier to maintain.