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Using manual installation of TeX Live on Ubuntu (i.e. not via repos) I cannot seem to get LaTeX to look through my local tex directory path. I've set TEXMFHOME using sudo tlmgr conf texmf TEXMFHOME "~/.texlive2014" and running kpsewhich -var-value=TEXMFHOME gives: "/home/angel/.texlive2014/".

I also ran texhash ~/.texlive2014/ and it produced a correct ls-R file. Under ~/.texlive2014/ I have several directories with BIB and STY files.

Still, local packages and styles are not found when I try to compile documents. Needless to say, linking the required style files to the directory where the LaTeX doc is works.

What am I missing here?

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    You shouldn't have a ls-R file in TEXMFHOME. Commented Jul 24, 2014 at 15:37
  • Why not? So I shouldn't run texhash for the $TEXMFHOME dir? Well anyway, even before I ran it didn't work. Commented Jul 25, 2014 at 7:50
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    are the files in your TEXMFHOME in TDS structure? I.e., tex/latex/... and bibtex/bib/.... ? TEXMFHOME is a normal tree thathas to be in standard layout! PS: remove ls-R, not needed! Commented Jul 25, 2014 at 9:45
  • No it's not. I didn't know it was necessary and I'm also not entirely sure how to construct it for the various file types (e.g. sty, bbx, cbx etc.). If ls-R isn't needed does that mean that also running texhash isn't needed? Commented Jul 25, 2014 at 10:47
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    No ls-R needed, no texhash needed. But TDS structure is absolutely needed. You can see the search path by typing kpsewhich -show-path .sty, then you should know whereto put. Or look into any shipped TDS tree (texmf-dist) for examples! Commented Jul 27, 2014 at 23:56

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Handling of TEXMFHOME

Here are some points how to set up your TEXMFHOME in a way that all the TeX related programs, i.e., those using the kpathsea library, will fine the proper files:

  • TEXMFHOME is normally in ~/texmf, but can be changed to anything else if required
  • don't use ls-R files, don't run texhash or mktexlsr on TEXFMHOME
  • TEXMFHOME has to be in TeX Directory Structure TDS format, most basically this means that input files for LaTeX have to go in TEXMFHOME/tex/latex or below, fonts (tfm, map, etc) into TEXMFHOME/fonts/tfm etc.

Tips to debug:

  • use kpsewhich -show-path .sty to get an idea where files are searched for
  • use kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFHOME to find out the location that is used for your setup, and check whether your changes did work out

Hope that helps.

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