ln -s TEXDOC_TRUNK/code/cli/texdoc.tlu ~/bin/texdoc mkdir -p ~/texmf/texdoc ln -s TEXDOC_TRUNK/data/texdoc.cnf ~/texmf/texdoc/texdoc-dist.cnf Well done. It is working. Perhaps add $Id$ to the svn texdoc.cnf? As usual, you can run 'texdoc -f' to check whether your conffiles setup What does the ==> arrow in the texdoc -f output point to?