[OS X TeX] Removing old TeX distribution(s)

Gary L. Gray euler at psu.edu
Wed Feb 4 19:43:35 EST 2015


> On Feb 4, 2015, at 7:35 PM, Markus Klyver <markusklyver at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Today, I installed MacTeX-2014. I already had MacTeX-2013 installed, and now I really want to free the space on my disk it occupies. Will a removal of an old TeX distribution – in this case MacTex-2013 – result in a loss of installed packages and/or modifications I've made? I have a highly customized setup and before I do anything I want to make sure nothing is lost.

Follow the instructions here

http://www.tug.org/mactex/uninstalling.html

and you should be fine.

Gary


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