Local texmf for LaTeX packages in /home/
I told you this blog is my outsourced memory :)
I can put packages in my home directory at ~/texmf/tex/latex/, and into subdirectories of that dir. Then, say:
texhash
This will complain that it can’t update the system-wide texmf info, but no prob if no changes were made to that. So I moved sciposter.cls there instead of having to put it into every dir containing a poster I want to latex.
Some really good information about this, and alternatives.