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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-install.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-install.tex index b65ecb06130..3e4eeab62c8 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-install.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-install.tex @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ The % ! line break \href{http://docs.miktex.org/manual/initexmf.html}{\miktex{} documentation} gives further details about \texttt{initexmf}. -On a te\TeX{} or \texlive{}-based system, use the command +On a \texlive{}-based system (or its predecessor te\TeX{}, use the command \texttt{texhash} (or if that's not available, \texttt{mktexlsr}~--- they ought to be different names for the same program). @@ -196,17 +196,16 @@ In almost all cases, new material that you install should go into the ``local'' tree of your \AllTeX{} installation. (A discussion of reasons \emph{not} to use the local tree appears below.) -On a Unix(-alike) system, using te\TeX{} or \texlive{}, the root +On a Unix(-alike) system, using \texlive{} or te\TeX{}, the root directory will be named something like \path{/usr/share/texmf-local/} or \path{/usr/local/share/texmf/} You can ask such a system where it believes a local tree should be: \begin{quote} - \begin{verbatim} kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFLOCAL \end{verbatim} \end{quote} -the output being the actual path, for example (on the workstation the +the output being the actual path, for example (on the workstation this author is using today): \begin{quote} \begin{verbatim} @@ -247,7 +246,7 @@ candidate location. Note that the semantics of such a tree are indistinguishable from those of a % ! line break \Qref*{``home'' \acro{TEXMF} tree}{Q-privinst}. -There are circumstances when you might not wish to use the `local' tree: +You might not wish to use the `local' tree: \begin{itemize} \item if the package, or whatever, is ``personal'' (for example, something commercial that has been licensed to you alone, or @@ -255,11 +254,13 @@ There are circumstances when you might not wish to use the `local' tree: \Qref*{``home'' \acro{TEXMF} tree}{Q-privinst}; \item if you \emph{know} that the package you are installing is a replacement for the copy on the \acro{TEXMF} tree of your \AllTeX{} - distribution, you should replace the existing copy in the - \acro{TEXMF} tree. + distribution; in this case it is reasonable to replace the existing + copy in the \acro{TEXMF} tree. \end{itemize} -The reason one would put things on a local tree is to avoid their -disappearance if the system is upgraded (or otherwise re-installed). +If the system is upgraded (or otherwise re-installed), a copy made in +the \acro{TEXMF} tree will probably be overwritten or deleted. This +may be what you want, but otherwise it's a powerful incentive to use a +tree that is \emph{not} ``part of the installed system''. The reason one might place upgrades the distribution's main tree is to avoid confusion. Suppose you were to place the file on the local @@ -270,7 +271,7 @@ have an effect like: \item you install package version \ensuremath{n+1} on the local tree; and \item the updated distribution provides package version \ensuremath{n+2}. \end{itemize} -In such a situation, you will find yourself using version +In such a situation, you could find yourself using version \ensuremath{n+1} (from the local tree) \emph{after} the new distribution has been installed. |