---
name: "update-texmf"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "tex-common"
version: "6.19"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/update-texmf"
---

# update-texmf(8)

shell script to generate /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf

## NAME

update-texmf - shell script to generate /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf

## SYNOPSIS

**update-texmf** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **update-texmf** command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original script was designed for Debian packaging system.

**update-texmf** is a shell script to generate /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf from files in /etc/texmf/texmf.d/\*.cnf

A user who wants to customize /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf should add, for example, 22mymacro.cnf in /etc/texmf/texmf.d/ and run 'update-texmf'.

## OPTIONS

- **-v**, **--verbose**

  Show verbose messages.

- **-d**, **--debug**

  Show debugging information, and don't delete temporary files. Implies --verbose.

- **-o**, **--output** *FILE*

  Generate output in FILE instead of /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf.

## SEE ALSO

Further information can be found in /usr/share/doc/tex-common/README.Debian.{txt,pdf,html}

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Atsuhito Kohda \<kohda@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).