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Adding R's texmf to tetex's texmf

2 messages · Gorjanc Gregor, Dirk Eddelbuettel

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Gorjanc Gregor
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Hello!

I use Sweave for a report and up to now I always copied Sweave.sty to
a folder where I have the report. But this can be done better (or did 
I miss anything) with 

* extension of TEXMF variable in texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf or 

* linking /usr/lib/R/share/texmf to somewhere in /usr/share/texmf

I tried with the following and I didn't need to put Sweave.sty in
folder with a report:

cd /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex
mkdir R
cd R
ln -s /usr/lib/R/share/texmf/Sweave.sty
# This two are not really needed but to do everything
ln -s /usr/lib/R/share/texmf/Rd.sty
ln -s /usr/lib/R/share/texmf/upquote.sty
# Rebuild TeX database
texhash

Could this be added in postinstall script for debian package?

I am not sure if this is also OK/enough for pdflatex or any other
"TeX" tools. 

Any comments?

Lep pozdrav / With regards,
    Gregor Gorjanc

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Dirk Eddelbuettel
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On 29 May 2005 at 23:59, Gorjanc Gregor wrote:
| Hello!
| 
| I use Sweave for a report and up to now I always copied Sweave.sty to
| a folder where I have the report. But this can be done better (or did 
| I miss anything) with 
| 
| * extension of TEXMF variable in texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf or 
| 
| * linking /usr/lib/R/share/texmf to somewhere in /usr/share/texmf
| 
| I tried with the following and I didn't need to put Sweave.sty in
| folder with a report:
| 
| cd /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex
| mkdir R
| cd R
| ln -s /usr/lib/R/share/texmf/Sweave.sty
| # This two are not really needed but to do everything
| ln -s /usr/lib/R/share/texmf/Rd.sty
| ln -s /usr/lib/R/share/texmf/upquote.sty
| # Rebuild TeX database
| texhash
| 
| Could this be added in postinstall script for debian package?

Yes. We wouldn't do the linking in the postinst, but just place the files or
links in, say, /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/R and then run texhash.

| I am not sure if this is also OK/enough for pdflatex or any other
| "TeX" tools. 

Should be -- the share the same path search library kpathsea.

Cheers, Dirk