Using symbolic links to add GitHub based class to LaTeX path (TeX tree)

symlinks_latex_github.sh

#!/bin/bash
# this script will set up symbolio links. You can change variable to make it work for your system.


## VARIABLES ##
# define the path to the head of your tex-tree
texpath=/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex
#texpath=<your-own-tex-path>

# define the class name
classname=compact_proposal

# define the path to the class file you wish to add to the tree
classpath=/home/andrew/Dropbox/git_repos/compact_proposal/compact_proposal/compact_proposal.cls


## SCRIPT ##
# note that you could (read:should) just run these commands yourself with the paths inserted

sudo rm -rf $texpath/compact_proposal
sudo texhash

sudo mkdir $texpath/compact_proposal
sudo ln -s $classpath $texpath/compact_proposal/compact_proposal.cls
sudo texhash