[OS X TeX] installing from TeXLive

[Gerben Wierda]

On Nov 17, 2006, at 08:04, Claus Gerhardt wrote:

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

I sense some disappointment here ;-)

> cd /usr/local
> sudo rm -fR tetex

Trust is a dangerous thing because this will not work, for one because 
the directory is named teTeX and not tetex and the command line is case 
sensitive. You will not et a warning from rm, because the -f flag is 
not only force but also ignore. Hence, "rm -r tetex" will give you "rm: 
tetex: No such file or directory", but "rm -rf tetex" will say nothing 
and leave teTeX in place.

Secondly, there is more. There also is /var/tmp/texfonts and there is a 
symlink in /Library. There are also the system-wide settings for cli 
path and man path which was what this was all about and which are not 
removed by the statement above, even when typed correctly.

So, if you want to uninstall the install from the TeX i-Package, the 
best option is to open it, click uninstall, and select "Everything". 
This will remove everything that was installed by the TeX i-Package (it 
will leave your personal files in ~/Library/texmf alone but it will 
remove system-wide texmf.local) and also revert changes to the cli (and 
man) environment.

So I would trust the i-Package here ;-)

G

>
> 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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