Install new TeX-packages

[jnylin]

Hi!

I wonder where I should install a new TeX-package on a Fedora system? It's /usr/share/texmf-local on Slackware, but I don't have that directory on my Fedora system.

[newiLuvatar]

my tex directory is /usr/share/texmf/
if you want to add a latex package i'd put it under /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/

[jnylin]

Indeed, I put it under /usr/share/texmf/, but I must say I like the Slackware-way better, with a special directory for local packages.

[RupertPupkin]

I think /usr/local/share/texmf is one of the default locations for local packages. You can find all the directories in the default search path by using the kpsewhich command at a shell prompt:

kpsewhich -var-value=TEXMF

You have to run texhash after installing the local packages, of course.