[OS X TeX] TeXLive i-Package update

[Paul Vickers]

Can someone clarify what version of TeX I should be running now? I am 
running the Gerben Wierda TeTeX distribution from a couple of years back 
which I updated from TUG last week after updating iInstaller to v 2.83. 
(I have today updated iInstalller to v.2.85). The Directory tree is:

/usr/local/tetex/share/texmf.gwtex + texmf.local + texmf.tetex

I see the talk is now about using TeX Live rather than TeTeX (though I 
don't know what the difference is), but that the TeX Live version is 
only on the Experimental site.

Should I wait until TeXLive appears on TUG? If so, will it automatically 
upgrade cleanly or do I need to remove something first? Is there any 
advantage to moving from the TeTeX installation I have now?

Cheers

Paul

Gerben Wierda wrote:
> The problems some people experienced were the result of something as 
> simple as a missing ls-R database (texhash/mktexlsr did not run).
> 
> I think the situation now is that i-Installer 2.85 fixes the dependency 
> problems and the TeX Live i-Package itself does the texhash when 
> configuration follows installation.
> 
> Both together should fix things.
> 
> G
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