[OS X TeX] LaTeX fails to find files

Axel E. Retif axretif at igo.com.mx
Wed Nov 30 13:08:01 EST 2005


El 11/30/05 11:27 AM, "George Gratzer" <gratzer at ms.umanitoba.ca> escribió:

> I type sudo texhash, and get:
> 
> [Georges-Home:~] gratzer% sudo texhash
> Password:
> texhash: Updating /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/ls-R...
> texhash: Updating /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.gwtex/ls-R...
> texhash: Updating /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/ls-R...
> texhash: Updating /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/ls-R...
> texhash: Updating /var/tmp/texfonts/ls-R...
> texhash: Done.
> 
> I thought it would update user/Library/texmf/tex/latex
> 
> where I would put the new LaTeX files.

It is not necessary, as gwTeX will always look there. See

/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.gwtex/README.howtexfindsfiles

Best,

Axel

P.S. Thank you for your excellent book.
> 
> HELP!
> 
> GG
> 
> On Nov 25, 2005, at 4:33 AM, Peter Dyballa wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Am 25.11.2005 um 10:02 schrieb Steffen Hokland:
>> 
>>> By the way - what is the difference (if any) between:
>>> 
>>> 'sudo texhash' (which I used to use)
>>> 
>>> and
>>> 
>>> 'sudo mktexlsr' (which I - on recommendation - use now)?
>>> 
>> 
>> There is none. Both are (almost) the same:
>> 
>> cd /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current; ls -l
>> mktexlsr texhash
>> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root  admin     8  1 Nov 12:10 texhash -> mktexlsr
>> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  admin  5310 26 Okt 22:36 mktexlsr
>> 
>> mktexlsr can become a problem when you have more than one teTeX on
>> your system, for example Fink's teTeX too. Depending on the search
>> PATH it might happen that the other mktexlsr is found first and
>> renews the other TeX's files hash. texhash seems to be quite unique
>> (although I have to admit that I did not look into Fink's or
>> Darwinport's teTeX since a long time), so you're on the secure side
>> with texhash.
>> 
>> --
>> Greetings
>> 
>>   Pete
>> 
>> Ce qui été compris n'existe plus.    (Paul Eluard)
>> 
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