Texlive Path Setup

[Georg Rast]

Hey Everyone,

I ran into a problem setting up texlive on a new machine. I can't get
PATH setup correctly it seems.

Here is what i get when i try to run 'texdoc bibtex' this is the output
i get:


    warning: kpathsea: configuration file texmf.cnf not found in these
    directories:
    /usr/bin:/usr/bin/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf/web2c:/usr:/usr/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/texmf/web2c://texmf-local/web2c:/://share/texmf-local/web2c://share/texmf-dist/web2c://share/texmf/web2c://texmf-local/web2c://texmf-dist/web2c://texmf/web2c.
    Info: Running Texdoc not installed in the current TEXMFMAIN.
    /usr/local/texlive/2021/bin/x86_64-linux/texdoc:43: module
    'texdoclib' not found:
         no field package.preload['texdoclib']
         [kpse lua searcher] file not found: 'texdoclib'
         [kpse C searcher] file not found: 'texdoclib'


It's just looking through a bunch of standard directories. However i did
adjust PATH to include my texlive install
'/usr/local/texlive/2021/bin/x86_64-linux'

Here is the output of 'printenv PATH':


/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/texlive/2021/bin/x86_64-linux:/usr/lib/jvm/default/bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl


Running latex itself doesn't work either. If i try to use it on a
example file ('latex /tmp/example.tex') i get this:


    latex /tmp/example.tex
    warning: kpathsea: configuration file texmf.cnf not found in these
    directories:
    /usr/bin:/usr/bin/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf/web2c:/usr:/usr/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/texmf/web2c://texmf-local/web2c:/://share/texmf-local/web2c://share/texmf-dist/web2c://share/texmf/web2c://texmf-local/web2c://texmf-dist/web2c://texmf/web2c.
    This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.23 (TeX Live 2021/Arch
    Linux) (preloaded format=latex)

    kpathsea: Running mktexfmt latex.fmt
    warning: kpathsea: configuration file texmf.cnf not found in these
    directories:
    /usr/bin:/usr/bin/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf/web2c:/usr:/usr/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/texmf/web2c://texmf-local/web2c:/://share/texmf-local/web2c://share/texmf-dist/web2c://share/texmf/web2c://texmf-local/web2c://texmf-dist/web2c://texmf/web2c.
    /usr/local/texlive/2021/bin/x86_64-linux/mktexfmt: kpsewhich
    -var-value=TEXMFROOT failed, aborting early.
    BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
    /usr/local/texlive/2021/bin/x86_64-linux/mktexfmt line 25.
    I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'!



My gut feeling is that some other program i installed also came with the
standard texlive installation included in my linux distro (Manjaro).

When i run 'which latex' i get:


      /usr/bin/latex


Which is itself just a symlink to


    /usr/bin/pdftex


The setup was exactly the same i had on my old machine and everything
worked fine there. I'm honestly a little lost right now

Any tips on how i could resolve this?

Greetings

George
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