[tex-live] File not found within $TEXMFLOCAL under Windows

[Vladimir Lomov]

Hello,
** Joel C. Salomon [2013-08-11 01:56:29 -0400]:

> I have TeX Live 2013 installed under
> C:\Users\jcsalomon\Programs\TeXLive\2013, with $TEXMFLOCAL &
> $TEXMFHOME set to C:\Users\jcsalomon\Programs\TeXLive\texmf-local.

> I tried to use a locally-installed package, but was told it couldn't
> be found, so I tried to troubleshoot:

> ***
> C:\Users\jcsalomon>kpsewhich createspace.sty

> C:\Users\jcsalomon>kpsewhich -expand-var $TEXMFLOCAL
> C:/Users/jcsalomon/Programs/TeXLive/2013/../texmf-local

> C:\Users\dgjk86>dir Programs\TeXLive\texmf-local\createspace.sty
>  Volume in drive C is System
>  Volume Serial Number is 547E-CF86

>  Directory of C:\Users\dgjk86\Programs\TeXLive\texmf-local

> 2013-06-12  06:22 PM            30,171 createspace.sty
>                1 File(s)         30,171 bytes
>                0 Dir(s)  200,528,044,032 bytes free

> C:\Users\jcsalomon>type Programs\TeXLive\texmf-local\ls-R
> % ls-R -- filename database for kpathsea; do not change this line.

> ./:
> createspace.sty
> ISOuncoatedyellowish_bas.ICC
> ls-R
> PSO_Uncoated_ISO12647_bas.ICC

> C:\Users\jcsalomon>
> ***

> So the file *is* there, but kpathsea seems not to be able to find it.
> What can I try to fix this?

Did you read TeX Live documentation, especially this section
http://tug.org/texlive/doc/texlive-en/texlive-en.html#x1-360003.4.6
?

I put it simply: placing anything under either $TEXMFHOME or $TEXMFLOCAL
doesn't mean that engines (pdftex, xetex, luatex) will find them, even
if you think they should. You have to follow TDS (TeX Directory
Structure, http://tug.org/tds/tds.html). In your case you should place
file `createspace.sty' in folder
  $TEXMFHOME/texmf/tex/latex/joel
so full path to the file will be
  $TEXMFHOME/texmf/tex/latex/joel/createspace.sty

Try this and only if this doesn't work it worth to report to this ML.

---
WBR, Vladimir Lomov


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