[OS X TeX] TeXLive 2006 and 2007

[Herbert Schulz]

On Apr 2, 2007, at 5:18 AM, Steffen Wolfrum wrote:

> Hi,
>
> before diving in Gerben's TeXDist-describtion.rtf I want to make  
> sure that a) I made no mistake so far and b) the easy way doesn't  
> exist.
>
> Up to now I worked with a TeXLive installation made with Gerben's i- 
> installer in December last year.
> After reading on MacTeX's homepage that with MacTeX multiple TeX  
> distribution will still exist side-by-side and furthermore can  
> easily be switched, I decided to install a more recent TeXLive  
> version using the MaCTeX installer.
>
> This I did, but after opening the TeX Distribution preference pane  
> I just saw *one* TeXLive-2007.
>
> So, how to switch between my old and the new distro now?
>
>
> I guess in the rtf mentioned above the hard way is described, but  
> just using a preference pane sounds far more charming...
>
>
> Steffen

Howdy,

There is a System Preference Pane, TeX Distribution, for switching  
between distributions.

You might also want to update to the latest gwTeX based on TeX Live  
using i-installer. It has the same binaries as the TeX Live 2007  
distribution.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)



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