[XeTeX] Ubuntu and XeLaTeX

[Mojca Miklavec]

On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 8:16 PM, BPJ wrote:
> On 2013-02-21 08:50, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
>>
>> The only thing that needs to be done is to replace
>>      /usr/local/texlive/2012/bin/<platform>/xetex
>> (and possibly xdvipdfmx) with the new version and remake the formats.
>> Path might vary depending on your installation.
>
> You mean that it's not enugh to put it somewhere else and have the system
> find it?

You can put the binary *somewhere* else, but not *anywhere* else. TeX
is compiled in such a way that it searches for texmf.cnf in folders
that are relative to its location. It would probably work if you would
put it into
    /usr/local/texlive/2012/bin/mypatchedbinaries/xetex
and add /usr/local/texlive/2012/bin/mypatchedbinaries to PATH.

(For example, if TeX Live is installed in /usr/local/texlive/2012 then
adding the binary to $HOME/bin won't work, even if $HOME/bin is in
PATH, since the binary won't be able to find the corresponding
configuration file.)

Mojca