[tex-live] texmf-local not being searched?

[Jeff Blaine]

Zdenek Wagner wrote:
> 2008/10/28 Jeff Blaine <jblaine at kickflop.net>:
>> [ Sanjoy, that worked, thanks ]
>>
>> Sorry for so many questions.  I am a sysadmin trying
>> to reproduce an old TeX/LaTeX install with the modern
>> tex-live for our users.  I've not used TeX/LaTeX as a
>> user in about 10 years myself.
>>
>> Install destination was /afs/rcf/apps/tex-live
>>
>> I then dropped all of our older site-specific stuff in
>> /afs/rcf/apps/tex-live/texmf-local because that seemed
>> like the right place:
>>
> Have you run mktexlsr after moving the files?

Nope.

Just did at your suggestion.  That solved the problem.
Duly noted for the future.

Thanks!

> 
>> % find /afs/rcf/apps/tex-live/texmf-local -name JB\*
>> /afs/rcf/apps/tex-live/texmf-local/tex/latex/JBlatex
>> /afs/rcf/apps/tex-live/texmf-local/tex/latex/JBlatex/JBletter.sty
>> /afs/rcf/apps/tex-live/texmf-local/tex/latex/JBlatex/JBslides.sty
>> /afs/rcf/apps/tex-live/texmf-local/tex/latex/JBlatex/JBslides.tex
>> /afs/rcf/apps/tex-live/texmf-local/dvips/config/JB.map
>> /afs/rcf/apps/tex-live/texmf-local/bibtex/bst/JBlatex
>> /afs/rcf/apps/tex-live/texmf-local/bibtex/bst/JBlatex/JBa.bst
>> /afs/rcf/apps/tex-live/texmf-local/bibtex/bst/JBlatex/JBb.bst
>> /afs/rcf/apps/tex-live/texmf-local/fonts/tfm/JBlogo
>> /afs/rcf/apps/tex-live/texmf-local/fonts/tfm/JBlogo/JB.tfm
>> /afs/rcf/apps/tex-live/texmf-local/fonts/type1/JBlogo
>> /afs/rcf/apps/tex-live/texmf-local/fonts/type1/JBlogo/JB.pfa
>> /afs/rcf/apps/tex-live/texmf-local/fonts/afm/JBlogo
>> /afs/rcf/apps/tex-live/texmf-local/fonts/afm/JBlogo/JB.afm
>> %
>>
>> % latex test.tex
>> ...
>> ! LaTeX Error: File `JBslides.sty' not found.
>> ...
>>
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