[OS X TeX] New i-Package releases (TeX & TeX Support)

[Alan Munn]

>On Dec 22, 2006, at 03:46 , Alan Munn wrote:
>
>>At 1:29 AM +0100 12/22/06, Gerben Wierda wrote:
>>>People,
>>>
>>>- The TeX i-Package (gwTeX 2003-2005 based in part on teTeX, 
>>>tex.ii2) has been updated with warnings that it is deprecated
>>>
>>>- The TeX i-Package (gwTeX based on a TeX Live subset, 
>>>texlive.ii2) has been updated
>>
>>[snip]
>>
>>>
>>>All users of the old gwTeX i-Package, partly based on teTeX are 
>>>asked to change to the new gwTeX i-Package that is based on TeX 
>>>Live. Preferably, uninstall the former TeX i-package (tex.ii2).
>>>After changing, the TeX Suport can be reinstalled. Please reset 
>>>the i-Packages to default properties after opening en before 
>>>installing.
>>
>>So after waiting until the last minute to do this, I uninstall 
>>everything in my former tetex installation (using i-installer).
>>
>>I chose FULL install.
>>
>>Everthing looked ok until the configure stage
>
>Yes, there was a bug. The TeXDist structure was not in all 
>circumstances (especially in circumstances where people had 
>installed an experimental version earlier this month) created 
>correctly.
>
>It has been fixed now (I hope, because this is one I really cannot test).
>
>What definitely helps in these circumstances is
>
>	sudo rm -rf /Library/TeX
>
>before install or configure. I cannot do that in the i-Package 
>because in the future other additions may live there and the 
>i-Package should leave it alone. But currently, now that the 
>/Library/TeX structure is being introduced, it is OK to do so.


Unfortunately, the problem seems to persist.  The configure phase 
fails because it can't find kpsewhich

Alan

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