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authorAlyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is>2024-01-20 12:31:50 +0100
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Merge branch 'nixos-unstable-small' of https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs
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   cp test.pdf $out
 ''
 ```
+
+## LuaLaTeX font cache {#sec-language-texlive-lualatex-font-cache}
+
+The font cache for LuaLaTeX is written to `$HOME`.
+Therefore, it is necessary to set `$HOME` to a writable path, e.g. [before using LuaLaTeX in nix derivations](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/180639):
+```nix
+runCommandNoCC "lualatex-hello-world" {
+  buildInputs = [ texliveFull ];
+} ''
+  mkdir $out
+  echo '\documentclass{article} \begin{document} Hello world \end{document}' > main.tex
+  env HOME=$(mktemp -d) lualatex  -interaction=nonstopmode -output-format=pdf -output-directory=$out ./main.tex
+''
+```
+
+Additionally, [the cache of a user can diverge from the nix store](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/278718).
+To resolve font issues that might follow, the cache can be removed by the user:
+```ShellSession
+luaotfload-tool --cache=erase --flush-lookups --force
+```