[texhax] latex doesn't find style files

[Axel E. Retif]

On 03/30/2012 02:25 AM, Lars Madsen wrote:

> jtzzaa11-texhax2 at yahoo.com wrote, On 2012-03-30 10:20:
>> Thanks.
>>
>> "which latex" gives
>> /usr/bin/latex
>>
>
> This may suggest that you have two LaTeX installations on this computer.
>
> You will need to make sure that the correct TL bin dir comes first in
> the PATH.
>
> You're using Debian, which seems to be doing thing a little differently
> than Ubuntu (which I normally use), so you will have to figure out how
> one perform a global change to the system PATH


Nice diagnosis, Lars! To the OP:

To add the path to TeXLive binaries in Debian (or rather, to prepend 
said path, which is what you need), *open as administrator* 
/etc/login.defs; find two lines like these:

	ENV_SUPATH	PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:
			     /usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
	ENV_PATH	PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:
			     /usr/local/games:/usr/games

Now ---in ENV_SUPATH put, *before* /usr/local/sbin the path to TeXLive 
binaries; if you're Debian is 64 bits it should be

	/usr/local/texlive/2011/bin/x86_64-linux:

If it is 32 bits, it will be different at the end: check in 
/usr/local/texlive/2011/bin/ which binaries you have and put said line 
exactly as you see it.

So ENV_SUPATH will be (assuming 64bit):

	ENV_SUPATH	PATH=/usr/local/texlive/2011/bin/x86_64-linux:
				/usr/local/sbin: etc.

don't forget the colon!

Do the same with ENV_PATH and restart. Now which latex should output

	/usr/local/texlive/2011/bin/x86_64-linux/latex

and you won't need the TEXINPUTS line, with which, by the way, you are 
using the Debian binaries with TeXLive packages!


Best

Axel