Re: TeXLive and dist-upgrades of Debian Stable

Vrajarāja Govinda via tex-live <[email protected]> Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:15:09 +0000

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> 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.

Yes. I had installed it in the default location. I just wanted to check if ~/texmf will remain untouched across upgrades. Sorry I wasn't clear about that.

Govinda.