[OS X TeX] GW Extras and i-Installer

[R. Vijay Krishna]

On Feb 5, 2010, at 6:28 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:

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> On Feb 5, 2010, at 5:09 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:
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>> On Feb 5, 2010, at 4:18 PM, R. Vijay Krishna wrote:
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>>> On Feb 5, 2010, at 4:30 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:
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>>>> Howdy,
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>>>> Do still have access to a gwTeX which has the gtamac fonts installed? If so you need only move the files from the locations in texmf.gwTeX to the corresponding location in texmf-local. You DON'T enable the maps since the fonts will only work with pdflatex because the fonts were converted to ttf (via fondu) and the sty files tell pdflatex to load the maps on the fly. After moving all the fonts over you need only run
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>>>> Hope that helps.
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>>>> Good Luck,
>>>> 
>>>> Herb Schulz
>>>> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
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>>> Unfortunately, I don't have gwTeX.  So I tried to install an old gwTeX based on TeX Live (2006) which is available as an i-Installer package.  Happily, it downloaded without a worry, but then I got the same message that started this thread:
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>>> Prepare stage completed
>>> Unarchive stage failed
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>>> Is it hopeless?  
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>>> Vijay
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>> Howdy,
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>> Don't bother to even try to install gwTeX since you still won't be able to install the gtamac fonts since the Hoefler Text font (and probably others) are now ttc rather than ttf fonts and fondu won't be able to deal with it. Sigh...
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>> Good Luck,
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>> Herb Schulz
>> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
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> Howdy,
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> Well, you really need to find someone who has either previously done the transfer so they have the setup already --- or --- someone who has the fonts already installed in a (now very old) gwTeX. There are some who have done the former and probably a very few who still have the latter.
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> Good Luck,
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> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)


Thanks Herb and Michael.  I'll try and track someone down with the setup, failing which I will look if the possible solution Michael alluded to works for me.

Thanks again.
Vijay.