How to make ubuntu identify your latest texlive version (2015)

Question

I have installed texlive 2015 but when i try to do tex -version the shell prints that the current version is TeX 3.1415926 (TeX Live 2013/Debian)

texlive 2015 has been installed under :/usr/local/texlive/2015

[Edit] your question and add the output of dpkg -l 'texlive'; dpkg -l 'texlive-full' — A.B., Nov 05 '15 at 07:17
...or /usr/local/texlive/2015/bin/tex --version.... (Check the path, I have not installed it) — Rmano, Nov 05 '15 at 22:51
I suspect, the path /usr/local/texlive/2015/bin isn't in your /etc/environment. and you should remove your old installation via sudo apt-get remove 'texlive*' — A.B., Nov 06 '15 at 07:26

A.B. · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-11T09:54:55.803

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Remove the version being installed via the Ubuntu repositories:
```
sudo apt-get remove 'texlive*'
```

Edit the path environment in /etc/environment:

sudo nano /etc/environment

Add the path to the texlive installation, e.g. for a 32-bit installation:

PATH="/usr/local/texlive/2015/bin/i386-linux:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games"

or for a 64-bit installation:

PATH="/usr/local/texlive/2015/bin/x68_64-linux:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games"

Replace /usr/local/texlive/2015/bin/i386-linux with the path in your system.

edited Nov 11 '15 at 09:54

answered Nov 09 '15 at 08:05

A.B.

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/usr/local/texlive/2015/bin/x68_64-linux in a 64 bit Ubuntu OS – Ramaprakasha Nov 11 '15 at 09:53
i edited my PATH variable to PATH="/usr/local/texlive/2015/bin/x68_64-linux:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games" but when i type tex -version still 2013 is shown – curious Dec 09 '15 at 03:44
Open a terminal and give me the output of echo $PATH – A.B. Dec 09 '15 at 06:50
'x68_64' in the path should be 'x86_64' – 08915bfe02 May 31 '20 at 13:50

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