[OS X TeX] installing TeX-Fat.dmg

[Tim Lighthiser]

Ted,

Thank you!

I thought we hit pay dirt, but no such luck.

The icon appeared on the desktop, the install windows
come up, but then:

For texfoundations, "unarchiving failed . . . "
appears, and is followed by:
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
/Users/tlighthiser/.Trash/i-Installer.app/Contents/Resources/gnutar:
Child returned status 2
/Users/tlighthiser/.Trash/i-Installer.app/Contents/Resources/gnutar:
Error exit delayed from previous errors
Task terminated with status 2

For TeX programs, "unarchiving failed" appears, and is
followed by:
TeXLive-bin.pre_install: /usr/bin/basename: No such
file or directory
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
/Users/tlighthiser/.Trash/i-Installer.app/Contents/Resources/gnutar:
Child returned status 2
/Users/tlighthiser/.Trash/i-Installer.app/Contents/Resources/gnutar:
Error exit delayed from previous errors
Task terminated with status 2

For ghostscript, "unarchiving failed . . . " appears,
and is followed by:
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
/Users/tlighthiser/.Trash/i-Installer.app/Contents/Resources/gnutar:
Child returned status 2
/Users/tlighthiser/.Trash/i-Installer.app/Contents/Resources/gnutar:
Error exit delayed from previous errors
Task terminated with status 2




--- trogers at math.fsu.edu wrote:
> 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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