[OS X TeX] installing texlive

[George Ghio]

On 29/06/2004, at 1:37 AM, Herb Schulz wrote:

> On 6/28/04 10:06 AM, "George Ghio" <ghiog at netconnect.com.au> wrote:
>
>> ...
>> Interesting. The terminal returns cant find PDFLatex.
>>
>> I went to  /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin6.8/pdflatex and
>> there it is PDF Latex.
>>
>> If I click on it I get:
>>
>> Last login: Tue Jun 29 01:00:17 on ttyp2
>> /georgeghio/local/teTex/bin/powerpc-darwin6.6/pdfeWelcome to Darwin!
>> tex; exit
>> George-Ghios-Computer:~ georgeghio$
>> /georgeghio/local/teTex/bin/powerpc-darwin6.6/pdfetex; exit
>> This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.11a-2.1 (Web2C 7.5.2)
>> %&-line parsing enabled.
>> (/georgeghio/local/teTex/texmf/web2c/cp8bit.tcx)
>> **
>>
>> And if I enter pdflatex I get:
>>
>> Last login: Tue Jun 29 01:02:05 on ttyp2
>> /georgeghio/local/teTex/bin/powerpc-darwin6.6/pdfetex; exit
>> Welcome to Darwin!
>> George-Ghios-Computer:~ georgeghio$
>> /georgeghio/local/teTex/bin/powerpc-darwin6.6/pdfetex; exit
>> This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.11a-2.1 (Web2C 7.5.2)
>> %&-line parsing enabled.
>> (/georgeghio/local/teTex/texmf/web2c/cp8bit.tcx)
>> **pdflatex
>> kpathsea: Running mktexfmt pdfetex.efmt
>> mktexfmt: No such file or directory
>> I can't find the format file `pdfetex.efmt'!
>> logout
>> [Process completed]
>>
>>
>> Now I can see pdflatex there but the terminal cant nor can TexShop. 
>> Any
>> ideas?
>>
>> George
>>
>
> Howdy,
>
> Looks like a path problem. What is the result of
>
> echo $PATH
>
> in Terminal? Have you tried to add more than one ``version'' of TeX; 
> e.g.,
> TeXLive or Fink as well as gwTeX? This can lead to path problems.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest.com)
>
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>

Well I just don't know what is left. Perhaps I should just go back to 
OS10.2.7?

I have tried everything I can think of.

Only one version, is that just 'echo $PATH' ? This gives;

Last login: Tue Jun 29 15:15:42 on ttyp1
Welcome to Darwin!
George-Ghios-Computer:~ georgeghio$ echo $PATH
/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
George-Ghios-Computer:~ georgeghio$

Got no idea from this. Do you have OS 10.3, if so what is your path?

TIA

George

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