[OS X TeX] BasicTeX-2008

[Herbert Schulz]

On Jun 14, 2009, at 5:46 PM, Leo wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I like BasicTeX a lot. I wonder if there is one packaged in  
> traditional
> .tgz format that one can just unpack into /usr/local. It looks cleaner
> to me this way. Thanks.
>
> I look at the files installed by BasicTeX-2008 and there are links
> everywhere and I don't know how to remove them cleanly.
>
> -- Leo


Howdy,

What do you mean by ``there are links everywhere?

There are some packages that are in TDS folders and zipped and will  
unpack properly but where do you intend to unpack them. I'd suggest in  
your personal tree that starts at ~/Library/texmf/ (~ is your HOME  
directory and create folders as you go if they aren't there already.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)