local texmf directory?

[papeye]

Hi,
I was wondering if there is a standard local texmf directory in Gentoo (e.g. for installing new classes and styles.) The directory that the ebuild "touches" is /usr/share/texmf, so I don't think that is the right directory.
There is no /usr/local/share/texmf or ~/.texmf directory. How would I set latex up to use files in these directories if I created them myself?

Thanks!
C.

[furanku]

You can create these directories by yourself (~/.texmf for per user added styles, /usr/local/share/texmf for systemwide local additions) and add them to the environment variable TEXINPUTS.

[papeye]

Thanks much!

[evoweiss]

Hi,

I forgot where I took my cue from (maybe ctan or usenet forum dedicated to LaTeX), but here's what I do.

I created a directory called /usr/share/texmf.local. Within that directory I created a tex and bibtex subdirectory and, in each of those directories, are the various directories, etc., for the styles and the like.

To get these directories to work, you need to add the following to bashrc:

[papeye]

To wrap up what worked for me: Somewhere on the net I heard about the command 'kpsepath'. It will tell you all the paths tex and friends search for the various types of files. At the end of each path is a // or an ///. I am fairly certain that // means "this directory" and /// means "this and all subdirectories".

Some examples:
For latex classes (.cls) and and styles (.sty)

[pilla]