pdflatex not finding local files in Win 10

Gray, Gary L euler at psu.edu
Thu Sep 5 15:03:16 CEST 2019


That did it! Thank you -- I had forgotten about that.

Gary

> On Sep 5, 2019, at 4:27 AM, Lars Madsen <daleif at math.au.dk> wrote:
> 
> does running 
> 
> texhash
> 
> help?
> 
> I do not remember if texmf-local is always searched or needs to have its contents presearched via texhash
> 
> There is also an interface for this in the texlive manager (Update filename database)
> 
> 
> /Lars Madsen
> Institut for Matematik / Department of Mathematics
> Aarhus Universitet / Aarhus University
> Mere info: http://au.dk/daleif@math / More information: http://au.dk/en/daleif@math
> 
> From: texhax <texhax-bounces+daleif=imf.au.dk at tug.org> on behalf of Gray, Gary L <euler at psu.edu>
> Sent: 05 September 2019 00:15
> To: texhax at tug.org <texhax at tug.org>
> Subject: pdflatex not finding local files in Win 10
>  
> I just finished installing TeX Live 2019 in a Windows 10 VM using the .exe installer on this page:
> 
> http://tug.org/texlive/acquire-netinstall.html
> 
> The install completed successfully, but when I typeset using pdflatex, it isn't finding local files I put in:
> 
> C:\texlive\texmf-local\tex\latex\local\
> 
> or in:
> 
> C:\texlive\texmf-local\tex\latex\
> 
> Both of these directories were created by the installer. A fresh install on macOS finds files placed in the corresponding folder on my Library folder. What else do I need to do to get TeX to find files placed there?
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> -- Gary L. Gray




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