[OS X TeX] TexShop suddenly can't find pdflatex.fmt (even though it's there)

[Herbert Schulz]

On Sep 10, 2008, at 12:38 PM, Nathaniel Pearson wrote:

> Sure:
>
> which latex: /sw/bin/latex (this is at odds with the system  
> preferences
> setting, no?)
>
> echo $PATH:
> /sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/ 
> texbin:/usr/X11R6/bin
>
> NP
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com 
> >wrote:
>
>>
>> On Sep 8, 2008, at 3:52 PM, Nathaniel Pearson wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Thanks for helping.  I'm not sure what my $PATH is (sorry, I'm a  
>>> linux
>>> amateur here...).  which latex gives:
>>>
>>> /sw/bin/pdflatex
>>>
>>> Texshop typesetting prefs:
>>> Default command: latex
>>> Default script: pdftex
>>>
>>> Engine prefs: path settings for pdftex: /usr/texbin
>>> distller: /usr/local/bin
>>>
>>> Does that help explain what's happening?  Thanks,
>>>
>>> Nathan
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Howdy,
>>
>> Could you tell us the results of the following commands run in  
>> Terminal:
>>
>> which latex
>>
>> and
>>
>> echo $PATH
>>
>>
>> Good Luck,
>>
>> Herb Schulz
>> (herbs at wideopenwest.com)
>>
>>


Howdy,

Well, at some point you installed the Fink version of TeX and it  
placed its path at the start of the PATH (the search order for  
software) so the Fink latex is found before the MacTeX version  
(notice /usr/texbin is close to alst on the PATH list.

Others here will be better at telling you how to fix that problem.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)