Re: TeXLive and dist-upgrades of Debian Stable

Hi Govinda,

    Also added the PATH, INFO and MAN related codes in ~/.profile.

Maybe you need to log out and log in again for the PATH change to take
effect. (Or source ~/.profile.)

    1. I am a bit confused how to go ahead if I wish to update this TL 2025.

/usr/local/texlive/2025/bin/x86_64-linux/tlmgr update --all

Best to change your PATH as Norbert (and the end of install-tl) advised,
as in
PATH=/usr/local/texlive/2025/bin/x86_64-linux:$PATH

And then just
tlmgr update --all

    2. If I want to use my home directory (since I am the only user)
    will that result in any complication in future TeXLive upgrades? Is
    it better to install in the default /usr/local?

You just said you already installed it? I'm not sure if it will work to
simply mv /usr/local/texlive/2025/ to, say, $HOME/texlive/2025. I
suspect the installation path is recorded in there somewhere, but I
admit I'm not sure.

In any case, to answer your question, no, there is no problem with doing
the installation under $HOME/texlive (or wherever). The default
/usr/local/texlive is just that, the default.

    3. I read through the documentation. Somehow couldn't figure out how
       to switch between my old TeXLive and this one.

Set PATH. That's it. Hope this helps,
Karl