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So I have installed TeXlive 2013 following the steps here I was previously using my custom theme called beamerthemeEinstein.sty that I placed at
/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/beamer/base/themes/theme then I run
sudo texhash and it worked amazingly.
Now with TeXlive 2013 my custom theme is not recognized, I get
! LaTeX Error: File `beamerthemeEinstein.sty' not found.
Where should I place it now? Anyone knows where to place custom themes using the 2013 version? Many thanks!
The command
kpsexpand \$TEXMFLOCAL
will show you the path to the local system-wide tree which will not be modifed by updates of TL; it will usually be "next" to the texmf tree, as @sigur says.
kpsexpand \$TEXMFHOME
will show you the path to your user-specific tree, probably /home/(username)/texmf. (For more information, see TeXlive docs on user texmf trees, in particular the statement-by-omission that you don't need to refresh filename databases for new files in TEXMFHOME.
locate does not immediately update when you move files. Its database is usually updated as part of a cronjob, but this is leading us too far afield. Your custom themes should not live in the texmf-dist tree, they belong in -- guessing from the paths you give -- /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/latex/beamer (texhash needed, systemwide) or ~/texmf/tex/latex/beamer (no texhash needed, your user only).
Jun 25, 2013 at 15:10
/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/latex/local/? I use it to put my personal macros.~/texmf/tex/latex?/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/, while the distribution is installed under/usr/local/texlive/<year>. Check that the correct TeX runtime is being used (which pdflatex) and that TeX can find your custom theme (kpsewhich beamerthemeEinstein.sty)./usr/share; seeman hierand the TeXLive documentation.