[OS X TeX] installing from TeXLive

Claus Gerhardt gerhardt at math.uni-heidelberg.de
Fri Nov 17 02:04:27 EST 2006


I wouldn't trust i-installer and do it rather myself:

cd /usr/local
sudo rm -fR tetex

Beware that if you should have installed Gerben's TeXLive prior to  
the original texlive, then, given your set up, the original texlive  
is now contained in Gerben's TeXLive folder, it is the folder 2005.

Claus


On Nov 17, 2006, at 5:18, Adam R. Maxwell wrote:

>
> On Nov 16, 2006, at 18:19, Enrico Franconi wrote:
>
>> Oh, oh. This is bad. The i-installer did modify some of my system  
>> files?
>> What about all the discussions about the security of modifying the  
>> environment.plist?
>> Modifying a system-wide profile having a global import seems to me  
>> bad.
>
> It is required if you want to use the command line to run TeX, but  
> is an optional part of the install IIRC.  The main problem with  
> environment.plist is that it affects the environment of all GUI  
> applications (which is also it's main advantage, as you know).
>
>> Anyway, I will revert as root those files to their original version.
>> Question: is there an uninstall option in the i-installer? How can  
>> a normal user without cli expertise revert the situation and  
>> switch correctly to TeXlive?
>
> Perhaps by using the "Uninstall" button on the TeX i-Package?
>
> Adam
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