# download package wget http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX/current/distrib/tetex-texmf.tar.gz wget http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX/current/distrib/tetex-src.tar.gz #create local directories where you want to install latex ..replace username by your account id mkdir -p /home/username/local/teTeX/share/texmf /home/username/local/teTeX/share/texmf-dist gzip -dc tetex-texmf.tar.gz | (umask 0; cd /home/username/local/teTeX/share/texmf-dist; tar xvf -) gzip -dc tetex-src.tar.gz | tar xvf - cd tetex-src-3.0 ## configure for 64 bit CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" CXX="g++ ${BUILD64}" USE_ARCH=64 \ ./configure --prefix=/home/aburadco/local/teTeX/ \ --enable-shared \ --without-texinfo \ --with-x=no \ --with-system-ncurses \ --with-system-zlib && [ -f texk/libtool ] && sed -i "/sys_lib_search_path_spec=/s:/lib:&64:g" texk/libtool; ## make make world make all install ##setup path PATH=/home/user/local/teTeX/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu:$PATH; export PATH ##add above line to your .bash_profile too. ## configure your install texconfig ###you are done