[texhax] where to put .sty files?

[Sebastian Luque]

On Fri, September 24, 2004 16:07 -0500, Pierre MacKay wrote:
> >
> > cd /usr/share/texmf	# or wherever your $TEXMFMAIN is
> > find . -type d | cpio -pdv /usr/local/share/texmf
> >
> > <*.sty> files can then go in /usr/local/share/texmf/tex/latex/<package>
>
> Copying the entire TEXMFMAIN to /usr/local seems extreme.  That is what
> TEXMFCNF is for, and most particularly what SELFAUTOLOC, etc. is for.

But the procedure I had suggested would only copy the directory tree without 
the leaves (i.e. the files themselves). That way, you can easily figure out 
where to put new files by referring to their equivalent place in $TEXMFMAIN.

Sebastian