[OS X TeX] i-Installer download questions (problem?)

Tue Aug 29 14:05:14 EDT 2006

	Now for something different.... ;)

	Yesterday I was trying to use the "TeX+Ghostscript" option in  
TeXShop (v2.09c) to process a LaTeX file that a co-author (Windows  
user, all graphics in PS format) sent me.  Upon attempting to  
typeset, a sheet dropped down from TeXShop with the following message:

	Can't find required tool.

	/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/simpdflatex does  
not exist....

The message goes on to suggest (re)installing teTeX.  Fine, I think,  
I can do that.  (My current installation is from about May, 2005, IINM.)

	So I downloaded the latest version of the i-Installer (v2 2.78) from  
SourceForge, installed it on my Mac, and tried to install TeX again.   
First I got a message that read, in part:

	Remote package is more recent.

	The remote package is newer.  Press Cancel to cancel the current  
action, press Update to update and proceed or press Ignore to try to  
go ahead anyway (not recommended).

Well, frankly, this dialog confused me a bit:  I didn't want to  
Cancel the installation, and since "Ignore" was not recommended  
(why?), I chose "Update" merely by process of elimination.  [I  
presume -- but am not sure -- that "Ignore" uses the local .ii2  
package and "Update" uses the remote one, but if so that could be  
spelled out more definitively in the dialog window.]  Note that I had  
previously selected the Yale repository, as it's just down the road.

	Shortly thereafter, I received another drop-down sheet asking me to  
choose an "Install type?"  Feeling adventurous (foolish?), I chose  
"Expert".  Then, not really knowing any better, I chose the "TeX Live  
2005" option.  But I doubt either of those choices are the source of  
my problem....

	After that, I waited... about a day (yes, I went home yesterday  
afternoon and returned this morning)... and the installer still seems  
to be running, as evidenced by the spinning pinwheel in the upper- 
right-hand corner of the TeX i-Package window.  Also, all the buttons  
("Install & Configure", etc.) are greyed out.

	I'm not really sure what to do at this point, so I have attached the  
Status Messages that appear in the bottom text box in the TeX i- 
Installer window:

205.5 MB of this package has been changed in a remotely available update
File tex.4.tar.bz2 has changed and will be removed from the local i- 
Package. It will be downloaded again when required.
File tex.35.tar.bz2 has changed and will be removed from the local i- 
Package. It will be downloaded again when required.
File tex.26.tar.bz2 has changed and will be removed from the local i- 
Package. It will be downloaded again when required.
File tex.sharedscript.pm has changed and will be removed from the  
local i-Package. It will be downloaded again when required.
File tex.17.tar.bz2 has changed and will be removed from the local i- 
Package. It will be downloaded again when required.
File tex.configure has changed and will be removed from the local i- 
Package. It will be downloaded again when required.
File tex.19.tar.bz2 has changed and will be removed from the local i- 
Package. It will be downloaded again when required.
File tex.9.tar.bz2 has changed and will be removed from the local i- 
Package. It will be downloaded again when required.
File tex.prepare has changed and will be removed from the local i- 
Package. It will be downloaded again when required.
File settexpath has changed and will be removed from the local i- 
Package. It will be downloaded again when required.
File tex.rtf has changed and will be removed from the local i- 
Package. It will be downloaded again when required.
File tex.25.tar.bz2 has changed and will be removed from the local i- 
Package. It will be downloaded again when required.
File tex.23.tar.bz2 has changed and will be removed from the local i- 
Package. It will be downloaded again when required.
File tex.18.tar.bz2 has changed and will be removed from the local i- 
Package. It will be downloaded again when required.
File tex.selector has changed and will be removed from the local i- 
Package. It will be downloaded again when required.
File texmf.cnf.gwtex.tl2004 has changed and will be removed from the  
local i-Package. It will be downloaded again when required.
http://bloch.ling.yale.edu/i-packages/tex.ii2/tex.rtf download (65.8  
kB) has started (65.8 kB)
Starting selectandinstall tasks after update
Starting selectandinstall tasks
http://bloch.ling.yale.edu/i-packages/tex.ii2/tex.selector download  
(19.4 kB) has started (19.4 kB)
http://bloch.ling.yale.edu/i-packages/tex.ii2/tex.selector download  
(19.4 kB) has completed (19.4 kB at 2.0 GB per second)
http://bloch.ling.yale.edu/i-packages/tex.ii2/tex.sharedscript.pm  
download (44.1 kB) has started (44.1 kB)
http://bloch.ling.yale.edu/i-packages/tex.ii2/tex.rtf download (65.8  
kB) has completed (65.8 kB at 65.8 kB per second)
http://bloch.ling.yale.edu/i-packages/tex.ii2/tex.sharedscript.pm  
download (44.1 kB) has completed (44.1 kB at 44.1 kB per second)
Selector stage completed
Starting trueinstall tasks

	And that's it -- the spinning pinwheel is still goin' strong.   
(Note:  this is the 12-spoked grey wheel, not the Spinning Pizza  
(Beach Ball) of Death (tm).)  Any suggestions?  I'm loathe to quit  
the i-Installer until I fully understand the consequences.

	That said, I'm not sure anything has been installed:  I just  
processed a document in TeXShop using pdftex, and it ran fine... but  
the beginning of the Console reads:

This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.3-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5)
\write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./hkpu2.tex
LaTeX2e <2003/12/01>

which suggests to me that teTeX and/or TeX Live 2003, and not 2005  
(as selected) is (still) installed.  Note that trying to process a  
document with "TeX+Ghostscript" still returns the error at the start  
of this message.

	In case it matters, I am working on a PowerMac G5 with OS X 10.4.7  
installed.  Thanks in advance for any assistance!

                                         -- Mike

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