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    <p>Hey Everyone,</p>
    <p>I ran into a problem setting up texlive on a new machine. I can't
      get PATH setup correctly it seems.<br>
    </p>
    <p>Here is what i get when i try to run 'texdoc bibtex' this is the
      output i get:<br>
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    <p><br>
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      <p><samp>warning: kpathsea: configuration file texmf.cnf not found
          in these directories:
/usr/bin:/usr/bin/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf/web2c:/usr:/usr/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/texmf/web2c://texmf-local/web2c:/://share/texmf-local/web2c://share/texmf-dist/web2c://share/texmf/web2c://texmf-local/web2c://texmf-dist/web2c://texmf/web2c.</samp><samp><br>
        </samp><samp>Info: Running Texdoc not installed in the current
          TEXMFMAIN.</samp><samp><br>
        </samp><samp>/usr/local/texlive/2021/bin/x86_64-linux/texdoc:43:
          module 'texdoclib' not found:</samp><samp><br>
        </samp><samp>    no field package.preload['texdoclib']</samp><samp><br>
        </samp><samp>    [kpse lua searcher] file not found: 'texdoclib'</samp><samp><br>
        </samp><samp>    [kpse C searcher] file not found: 'texdoclib'</samp><samp><br>
        </samp></p>
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    <p><br>
    </p>
    <p>It's just looking through a bunch of standard directories.
      However i did adjust PATH to include my texlive install
      '/usr/local/texlive/2021/bin/x86_64-linux'</p>
    <p>Here is the output of 'printenv PATH':<br>
    </p>
    <p><br>
    </p>
    <p><samp>/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/texlive/2021/bin/x86_64-linux:/usr/lib/jvm/default/bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl</samp></p>
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    <p>Running latex itself doesn't work either. If i try to use it on a
      example file ('latex /tmp/example.tex') i get this:<br>
    </p>
    <p><br>
    </p>
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      <p><samp><cite>latex /tmp/example.tex</cite></samp><samp><cite><br>
          </cite></samp><samp><cite>warning: kpathsea: configuration
            file texmf.cnf not found in these directories:
/usr/bin:/usr/bin/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf/web2c:/usr:/usr/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/texmf/web2c://texmf-local/web2c:/://share/texmf-local/web2c://share/texmf-dist/web2c://share/texmf/web2c://texmf-local/web2c://texmf-dist/web2c://texmf/web2c.</cite></samp><samp><cite><br>
          </cite></samp><samp><cite>This is pdfTeX, Version
            3.141592653-2.6-1.40.23 (TeX Live 2021/Arch Linux)
            (preloaded format=latex)</cite></samp><samp><cite><br>
          </cite></samp><samp><cite><br>
          </cite></samp><samp><cite>kpathsea: Running mktexfmt latex.fmt</cite></samp><samp><cite><br>
          </cite></samp><samp><cite>warning: kpathsea: configuration
            file texmf.cnf not found in these directories:
/usr/bin:/usr/bin/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf/web2c:/usr:/usr/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/texmf/web2c://texmf-local/web2c:/://share/texmf-local/web2c://share/texmf-dist/web2c://share/texmf/web2c://texmf-local/web2c://texmf-dist/web2c://texmf/web2c.</cite></samp><samp><cite><br>
          </cite></samp><samp><cite>/usr/local/texlive/2021/bin/x86_64-linux/mktexfmt:
            kpsewhich -var-value=TEXMFROOT failed, aborting early.</cite></samp><samp><cite><br>
          </cite></samp><samp><cite>BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
            /usr/local/texlive/2021/bin/x86_64-linux/mktexfmt line 25.</cite></samp><samp><cite><br>
          </cite></samp><samp><cite>I can't find the format file
            `latex.fmt'!</cite></samp></p>
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    <p>My gut feeling is that some other program i installed also came
      with the standard texlive installation included in my linux distro
      (Manjaro).</p>
    <p>When i run 'which latex' i get:</p>
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      <p><samp> /usr/bin/latex</samp><br>
      </p>
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    <p><br>
    </p>
    <p>Which is itself just a symlink to <br>
    </p>
    <p><br>
    </p>
    <blockquote>
      <p><samp>/usr/bin/pdftex</samp></p>
    </blockquote>
    <p><br>
    </p>
    <p>The setup was exactly the same i had on my old machine and
      everything worked fine there. I'm honestly a little lost right now<br>
    </p>
    <p>Any tips on how i could resolve this?</p>
    <p>Greetings</p>
    <p>George<br>
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