Problem changing TEXMFHOME setting
Dan
d3vf4n at tutanota.com
Thu Oct 19 14:42:26 CEST 2023
Thank you, now the problem is solved and, in the process, I learned some more things.
> On Debian systems, configuration is different, to obey the strict
> rules of Debian. That is, all configuration is in /etc/texmf.
>
I see, now I understand why I could not troubleshoot this with the documentation of tlmgr. Thanks. I did not think of searching outside the TEXMFROOT directory.
I assume the "strict rules of Debian", namely the placement of configuration files, is the Debian Policy (https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#location) that you mention later on your reply. Never actually looked into it until now.
> Reading the file /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf you see:
>
> %%% This file is automatically generated by update-texmf
> %
> % PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY. It is meant to be generated from
> % files in /etc/texmf/texmf.d/.
> %
> % Therefore, if you want a smooth upgrade, please edit the files
> % in /etc/texmf/texmf.d,
> % or create an additional one (with the extension '.cnf'),
> % and invoke update-texmf.
> %
> %%%
>
> So you should follow that, that is, create
>
> /etc/texmf/texmf.d/20local.cnf
>
> and put
>
> TEXMFHOME=...whatever you want...
>
> there.
>
> Then call as root
>
> update-texmf
>
> (which is in /usr/sbin/).
>
Done and working. Thanks again.
Regards,
Dan.
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