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--- howtos:how_to_install_tex_live_on_linux [2026-01-24 08:57 am] – hcho
+++ howtos:how_to_install_tex_live_on_linux [2026-05-03 08:30 pm] (current) – hcho
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 ====== How to install TeX Live on Linux ======
-Slackware installs [[https://www.tug.org/texlive/|TeX Live]] by default. However, extra packages and documentation require root permissions to install (`texlive-extra` and `texlive-docs`), and they are not a full installation. This HOWTO explains how to install TeX Live as a non-root user.
+Slackware installs [[https://www.tug.org/texlive/|TeX Live]] by default. However, extra packages and documentation require root permissions to install (''texlive-extra'' and ''texlive-docs''), and they are not a full installation. This HOWTO explains how to install TeX Live as a non-root user.
 ===== Shared non-root installation =====
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 cd install-tl-[0-9]*
 version=$(sed '/version [0-9]/!d; s/.*version //' release-texlive.txt)
-# --texmfhome must be ~/usr/local/share/texmf, not hardcoded $HOME/usr/local/share/texmf
+# --texmfhome must be ~/local/share/texmf, not hardcoded $HOME/local/share/texmf
 ./install-tl \
 	--no-interaction \
-	--texdir=$HOME/usr/local/opt/texlive/$version \
+	--texdir=$HOME/opt/texlive/$version \
-	--texmflocal=$HOME/usr/local/opt/texlive/texmf-local \
+	--texmflocal=$HOME/opt/texlive/texmf-local \
-	--texmfhome=~/usr/local/share/texmf \
+	--texmfhome=~/local/share/texmf \
-	--scheme=full \
 	--paper=letter
 # create a symlink for paths
-cd ~/usr/local/opt/texlive
+cd ~/opt/texlive
 ln -s $version current
 )
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 # TeX Live
-export PATH="$HOME/usr/local/opt/texlive/current/bin/x86_64-linux:$PATH"
+export PATH="$HOME/opt/texlive/current/bin/x86_64-linux:$PATH"
-export MANPATH="$HOME/usr/local/opt/texlive/current/texmf-dist/doc/man:$MANPATH"
+export MANPATH="$HOME/opt/texlive/current/texmf-dist/doc/man:$MANPATH"
-export INFOPATH="$HOME/usr/local/opt/texlive/current/texmf-dist/doc/info:$INFOPATH"
+export INFOPATH="$HOME/opt/texlive/current/texmf-dist/doc/info:$INFOPATH"
 EOT
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 <code bash>
 # create the same directory structure
-mkdir -p ~/usr/local/opt ~/usr/local/share/texmf
+mkdir -p ~/opt ~/local/share/texmf
 # create a symbolic link to the above installation
-ln -sf ~hcho/usr/local/opt/texlive ~/usr/local/opt
+ln -sf ~hcho/opt/texlive ~/opt
 # add paths to TeX Live
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 # TeX Live
-export PATH="$HOME/usr/local/opt/texlive/current/bin/x86_64-linux:$PATH"
+export PATH="$HOME/opt/texlive/current/bin/x86_64-linux:$PATH"
-export MANPATH="$HOME/usr/local/opt/texlive/current/texmf-dist/doc/man:$MANPATH"
+export MANPATH="$HOME/opt/texlive/current/texmf-dist/doc/man:$MANPATH"
-export INFOPATH="$HOME/usr/local/opt/texlive/current/texmf-dist/doc/info:$INFOPATH"
+export INFOPATH="$HOME/opt/texlive/current/texmf-dist/doc/info:$INFOPATH"
 EOT
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 cd install-tl-[0-9]*
 version=$(sed '/version [0-9]/!d; s/.*version //' release-texlive.txt)
-# --texmfhome can be hardcoded as $HOME/usr/local/share/texmf
+# --texmfhome can be hardcoded as $HOME/local/share/texmf
 ./install-tl \
 	--no-interaction \
-	--texdir=$HOME/usr/local/opt/texlive/$version \
+	--texdir=$HOME/opt/texlive/$version \
-	--texmflocal=$HOME/usr/local/opt/texlive/texmf-local \
+	--texmflocal=$HOME/opt/texlive/texmf-local \
-	--texmfhome=~/usr/local/share/texmf \
+	--texmfhome=~/local/share/texmf \
 	--scheme=basic \
 	--paper=letter
 # create a symlink for paths
-cd ~/usr/local/opt/texlive
+cd ~/opt/texlive
 ln -s $version current
 )
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 # TeX Live
-export PATH="$HOME/usr/local/opt/texlive/current/bin/x86_64-linux:$PATH"
+export PATH="$HOME/opt/texlive/current/bin/x86_64-linux:$PATH"
-export MANPATH="$HOME/usr/local/opt/texlive/current/texmf-dist/doc/man:$MANPATH"
+export MANPATH="$HOME/opt/texlive/current/texmf-dist/doc/man:$MANPATH"
-export INFOPATH="$HOME/usr/local/opt/texlive/current/texmf-dist/doc/info:$INFOPATH"
+export INFOPATH="$HOME/opt/texlive/current/texmf-dist/doc/info:$INFOPATH"
 EOT
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 Use [[https://www.tug.org/texlive/tlmgr.html|tlmgr]] (already installed with TeX Live) to install new packages.
+===== Updating older TeX Live =====
+[[https://www.tug.org/texlive/acquire.html#past|Past releases]]:
+<code bash>
+# for TeX Live 2025
+tlmgr option repository https://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/historic/systems/texlive/2025/tlnet-final
+</code>
 ===== LaTeX editing =====