[OS X TeX] TexShop Installation Question
Rob Preuss
rpreuss at bbn.com
Sun Dec 24 11:44:15 EST 2006
Will someone please help me with this hopefully very
simple problem?
I need explicit instructions on what I must do
to get TeXShop installed and working properly.
BACKGROUND
I had an older version of TeXShop working just fine on my
Powerbook G4 but then my disk crashed (thus wreaking havoc
in my life). I then bought a new Mac Book Pro C2D and I'm
trying to get TeXShop installed so I can be productive again.
Based on information obtained on this web page...
http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/installing.html
I did the following:
1) Downloaded and install "i-installer version 2.86"
2) Used "i-installer" to install the follow packages,
in the order listed, on 12/22/06
a) FreeType 2
b) libwmf
c) PNG Library
d) Ghostscript 8
e) ImageMagick
f) FontForge
g) Fondu Mac Font cli Tools
3) Because the "i-package info" on the "TeX" package (tex.ii2)
said that version was deprecated, I instead installed the
"TeX (based upon TeX Live)" package (texlive.ii2). I waited
until 12/23 to do this because, on 12/22, I kept getting
notices that this package was being updated.
4) Downloaded and installed TeXShop 2.09d
I then tried to re-typeset a TeX document previously-created
(and previously-typeset) with an earlier TeXShop installation
but this only gave he response
Can't find required tool
/usr/local/teTeX/bin/i386-apple-darwin-current/pdflatex does
not exist. Perhaps teTeX was not installed or was removed
during a system upgrade. If so, go to the TeXShop web site
and follow the instructions to (re)install teTeX. Another
possibility is that a tool path is incorrectly configured
in TeXShop preferences. This can happen if you are using
the fink teTeX distribution.
QUESTIONS
+ Was I wrong to install "Tex (based upon TeX Live)"?
+ If so, how do I remove it and what should I install?
+ Maybe I should be using the TeXShop 2.10 beta instead?
Thanks (and Happy Holidays)
Rob
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