[OS X TeX] i-Package install locations

[Gerben Wierda]

On 4 Apr 2005, at 18:55, Vinayak Vatsal wrote:

> Thanks, Peter and Gerben. I finally edited the paths by hand, since I 
> prefer not to mess around with removing files from the standard 
> distribution.
>
> But is this what one is expected to do? I thought part of the point of 
> the i-Packages was to have paths that worked out of the box.

Yes. Except that only ghostscript and TeX actually contain the path 
setting code and the support script.

> It might be a good idea to add CLI activation options to packages such 
> as LCDF and the various others that land in /usr/local/bin

Agreed. It is just that my time is limited and the amount of people 
that do have tools installed but *not* ghostscript is pretty small, so 
it is almost never a problem.

Secondly, it is an unsolvable problem. It is always possible that 
package install the same stuff in different locations. There is no 
generic rule to do anything about it, so it needs personal attention. 
There is no time for me to do that (priority lies elsewhere).

> Also, it seems to me that one cannot select to activate CLI interface 
> for TeX without going through a full expert install. (Ie, I can't just 
> select it on top of my full install). Is this what's intended?

No you can. Just select "Configure Only" and you'll get the expert 
setting of the configure phase.

>
> Thanks in any case for your time.
>
>
> --On April 4, 2005 9:23:55 AM +0200 Gerben Wierda 
> <Gerben.Wierda at rna.nl> wrote:
>> Here are a couple of things you can do:
>>
>> - Hand edit your PATH settings:
>> 1. Edit /etc/profile and /etc/csh.login and make sure /usr/local/bin 
>> is in
>> your PATH but before the TeX directory
>> /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/. Do not put
>> /usr/local/bin at the absolute beginning of your PATH, just enter it
>> before the TeX directory.
>> 2. Restart Terminal
>>
>> - Remove the Tools from the TeX location:
>> 1. List the contents of the LCDF Typetools package (Pkg Contents View)
>> 2. Remove all LCDF binaries listed there from the TeX binaries 
>> location
>> /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/
>>
>> G
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>
>>> Nike Vatsal.
>>>
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