[OS X TeX] 2 questions

[Gerben Wierda]

On Tuesday, September 10, 2002, at 01:38 , Bob Kerstetter wrote:

> On Monday, Sep 9, 2002, at 15:02 US/Central, Ted Rogers wrote:
>
>>
>>>> Get the latest TeX-thin.dmg  (http://www.rna.nl/tex.html)
>>>> Start the dedicated i-Installer on it
>>>> Authenticate
>>>> [Close all open windows (not necessary but they are not needed)]
>>>> Chose open from URL in the File menu
>>>> Enter http://www.ntg.nl/macosx-tex/i-packages/gs7.ii
>>
>> we get:
>> "unable to open package. package may be broken, or
>> may no exist."
>
> I just did this using the TeX-Thin Installer:
>
> 1. Start "Thin" TeX GS installer. (downloaded from here:
> 	ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/volumes/TeX-thin.dmg)
> 2. Enter admin name and password
> 3. Close all windows
> 4. Select "Open Remote i-Package" from the File Menu
> 5. Entered http://www.ntg.nl/macosx-tex/i-packages/gs7.ii/

My fault. You need to open it without the last '/':

	http://www.ntg.nl/macosx-tex/i-packages/gs7.ii

(I had not noticed this, because any following open (when there is a 
cache entry on your system) succeeds even when you have the extra '/' at 
the end)

G

> 6. Pressed Return and loaded up the installer.
>
> Anything different.
>
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