[OS X TeX] installing TeX-Fat.dmg

[trogers at math.fsu.edu]

try dragging the i-installer onto your OS X desktop and then use it.
mb

-Ted


On Sunday, October 27, 2002, at 01:00  AM, Tim Lighthiser wrote:

> Thank you Michael,
>
> The icon is now clickable, but when I try to install
> "Unarchiving failed . . ." appears and the following
> is in the message box/es (and so on for TeX foundation
> and TeX programs)
>
> gs6.01.pre_install: /usr/bin/basename: No such file or
> directory
> gs6.01.pre_install: /usr/bin/basename: No such file or
> directory
> tar (child): Cannot exec gzip: No such file or
> directory
> tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> /Volumes/TeXvolume/i-Installer.app/Contents/Resources/gnutar:
> Child returned status 2
> /Volumes/TeXvolume/i-Installer.app/Contents/Resources/gnutar:
> Error exit delayed from previous errors
> Task terminated with status 2
>
> teTeX-texmf.pre_install: /usr/bin/basename: No such
> file or directory
> teTeX-texmf.pre_install: /usr/bin/basename: No such
> file or directory
> tar (child): Cannot exec gzip: No such file or
> directory
> tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> /Volumes/TeXvolume/i-Installer.app/Contents/Resources/gnutar:
> Child returned status 2
> /Volumes/TeXvolume/i-Installer.app/Contents/Resources/gnutar:
> Error exit delayed from previous errors
> Task terminated with status 2
>
> TeXLive-bin.pre_install: /usr/bin/basename: No such
> file or directory
> tar (child): Cannot exec gzip: No such file or
> directory
> tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> /Volumes/TeXvolume/i-Installer.app/Contents/Resources/gnutar:
> Child returned status 2
> /Volumes/TeXvolume/i-Installer.app/Contents/Resources/gnutar:
> Error exit delayed from previous errors
> Task terminated with status 2
>
> Your thoughts please,
>
> Thank you,
>
> Tim
>
>
>
>
> --- Michael Murray <mmurray at maths.adelaide.edu.au>
> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I just finished re-downloading TeX-Fat.dmg.
>>>
>>> Now, when I click onto the icon to install, (marked
>>> with Explorer) OS 9.2.2 boots up and Explorer
>> searches
>>> for info on it.
>>>
>>> That's the extent of its function thus far.
>>>
>>> Would appreciate any help with this.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Tim
>>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Tim
>>
>> Are you clicking on the TeX-Fat.dmg ?  If so the
>> OS has got confused and thinks its is an Explorer
>> document (classic Explorer by the look of it.)
>> It needs to be opened in Disk Copy.
>> Find Disk Copy in Applications/Utilities.  Drag and
>> drop
>> TeX-Fat.dmg onto Disk Copy.  Hopefully it will mount
>> it as a
>> volume and then you can run the installer inside
>> that volume.
>>
>> If that doesn't work try Control-Clicking with it
>> and
>> hope there is a contextual menu saying Open with.
>> Follow
>> that and try and track down Disk Copy.
>>
>> If that doesn't do it do Command-I on it (Get Info
>> in the Finder)
>> and select Disk Copy as the application to open it.
>> Then
>> you should be able to double click it and have it
>> launch disk copy.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> PS It hasn't by any chance saved as TeX-Fat.dmg.1
>> has it ? It
>> needs to be a name ending in .dmg to have any hope
>> of  being
>> opened by Disk Copy when you double click.
>>
>> -- 
>>
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