[OS X TeX] installing texlive

[George Ghio]

On 01/07/2004, at 6:57 PM, Maarten Sneep wrote:

> 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
>
>

Ah. No that is my typo, sorry, it is in fact "install-tl.sh" that I  
used. I wish it could have been that easy. Still not working.

George

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