LaTeX on Ubuntu

[Oleg Goldshmidt]

Oleg Goldshmidt <pub at goldshmidt.org> writes:

> What does not work is that no cls or sty files are found. The first
> thing that throws an error is 
>
> ! LaTeX Error: File `article.cls' not found.

FWIW, it looks like the specific server is borked in some weird way. On
a different Ubuntu Server 12.04.4 LTS (that I installed myself rather than
inherited, huh) everything works. 

I have not figured out what the matter is on the problematic
server. Purged everything tex-related, apt-get autoremove, apt-get
clean, reinstalled tex - still no dice. Compared the lists of packages
and the /etc files that looked relevant on the two servers - nothing
blindingly obvious popped out of the background.

If anyone has seen anything similar or has an idea what else to check,
please let me know. If not, feel free to disregard.

Thanks,

-- 
Oleg Goldshmidt | pub at goldshmidt.org