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execute this after installing new classes or style files:¹⁾ texhash

shows the search path in TeX variable TEXMF:²⁾ kpsewhich –expand-var '$TEXMF'

shows the search path where makeindex looks for *.ist files: kpsewhich –show-path ist

~/texmf: private root directory for TeX files (see also output of kpsewhich –expand-var '$TEXMFHOME' )

/etc/texmf/texmf.cnf: TeX (Live) and Kpathsea configuration file (a generated file, see man update-texmf)

/etc/tex4ht/tex4ht.env: TeX4ht configuration file