Adding local texmf tree

[Joes Staal]

Roman Belenov wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm  trying  to  setup fpTeX (I've downloaded fpTeX binaries and teTeX
> texmf  files). I couldn't find how to make fpTeX search my local texmf
> tree  before  the  main  one.  Any suggestions ?
> 
> Best regards,
>  Roman                          mailto:roman@nstl.nnov.ru


I encountered a similar problem. 
First you have to find out where kpsewhich looks for texmf.cnf.
So run on a command prompt: kpsewhich texmf.cnf

>From the answer you get the file you are looking for.
Now open this file in an editor.
Look for the variable HOMETEXMF and make it equal to
$HOME/texmf (supposed that you have a HOME variable).
Then take care that the variable TEXMF looks like
TEXMF = {$HOMETEXMF,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFMAIN}

Now you have to take care of the fact that HOMETEXMF is TDB compliant,
which means that your local stuff must be below $HOME/texmf/tex/latex,
$HOME/texmf/tex/bibtex etc.

This should work.

Kind regards,

Joes Staal.

P.S. Why did you not download the complet fpTeX with installation
     shield?