[OS X TeX] installing texlive

[Maarten Sneep]

On 1 jul 2004, at 10:24, Will Robertson wrote:

> On 1 Jul 2004, at 5:31 PM, George Ghio wrote:
>
>> after Tex is installed I have to set the path;
>>
>> export  
>> PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/teTex/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin7.4:${HOME}/ 
>> bin:/sw/bin
>>
>> This may be darwin6.3???
>>
>> Does this look like it may be correct? Or am I lost never to be found  
>> again.
>
> I can't comment on the TeX Live options that you chose, but I can help  
> you here.
> Since you don't have fink, you don't need /sw/bin in your path.
>
> I'm going to give step by step instructions. If a line is unclear or  
> doesn't work, stop immediately and reply what happened. Good luck!  
> Here we go:
>
> 1 First, I think it would be best to clear the air of all of what  
> we've done previously. Go to terminal and type:
> mv ~/.bash_profile ~/bash_profile_backup
>
> This will remove any customisations that we've done recently to bash  
> by renaming the file so it's not read any more. Once we're done, you  
> can delete the bash_profile_baskup file in your User folder.
>
> 2 Close your terminal window, open a new one.
>
> Type:
> echo $PATH
>
> You should get the basic path you started with  
> (/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin).
>
> 3 Next, type:
> ls -p /usr/local/teTex/bin
>
> You should have a folder (ends in a slash) that starts with  
> "powerpc-apple-darwin" and ends in a number. Call this number X.Y.  
> Based on previous answers you've given I *think* this will be 6.8 .
>
> 4 Now we want to set up bash to remember the path to the TeX binaries.  
> In the following command, substitute X.Y for the number you found  
> earlier:
> echo 'export  
> PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/teTex/bin/powerpc-apple-darwinX.Y' >>  
> ~/.bash_profile
>
> So if the number was 6.8, enter this command:
> echo 'export  
> PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/teTex/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin6.8' >>  
> ~/.bash_profile
>
> When you hit return, you will get no output. This is normal.
>
> 5 Now close your terminal window and open a new one.
>
> Type:
> echo $PATH
>
> You should see your changes. If everything has worked correctly, you  
> should now be able to run tex/latex etc from the command line...

These instructions are fine for the command-line.

Reading back on the description, and looking again at the LT CD, I can  
see what went wrong: install-pkg.sh adds packages to an already  
installed TL installation. To get an installation in the first place,  
use install-tl.sh (this is rather clearly stated in the manual)

Regards,

Maarten

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