[OS X TeX] Difficulties with MacTex

[Richard Koch]

Alain,

I suggest that you go to

	www.tug.org/mactex/whatgetsinstalledwhere.html

and read about exactly what is in MacTeX.  In particular, for TeX Live  
you get exactly what you'd get if you installed a complete install  
from the DVD except that

	0) Beamer is updated, since the new version wasn't on CTAN when the  
DVD was produced

	1) A user's local tree is in ~/Library/texmf rather than the default  
~/texmf (this is set in a line in the install script)

	2) MacTeX sets up PATH and MANPATH exactly as Gerben does, but the  
install script doesn't

	3) MacTeX adds the TeX Dist data structure by Gerben and Laurens

I'll let experts answer your other questions.

Dick Koch
koch at math.uoregon.edu

On Sep 18, 2007, at 5:34 PM, Alain Matthes wrote:

> Hello
>
> I try on a new macbook intel to install MacTeX and I've some  
> problems. The installation seems to be different that the gwTeX....
>
> 1) Is there a possiblity to choice the languages for babel because I  
> need only english and french.
> Perhaps with textconfig ... I try it but without success

Incidentally, MacTeX is deliberately constructed to install everything  
and not bother the user with decisions, particularly those which a new  
user will not understand.


>
>
> 2) How to install fourier and Utopia( basic and expert) ?
>
> 3) is it possible to install TeXlive with the CD of TL and not with  
> MacTeX. I think that we have more possibilties with the installation
>
> 4) is it a problem if texmf is not in ~/library but in ~like in Linux.
>
> Regards Alain
>
>
> ------------------------- Helpful Info -------------------------
> Mac-TeX Website: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/
> TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq
> List Archive: http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/
> List Reminders & Etiquette: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/list/
>
>


------------------------- Helpful Info -------------------------
Mac-TeX Website: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/
TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq
List Archive: http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/
List Reminders & Etiquette: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/list/