[OS X TeX] Where to get MacTeX-2013?

[Alain Schremmer]

On , at 2015 Oct 9,1:33 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:

>> On Oct 9, 2015, at 12:24 PM, Alain Schremmer <schremmer.alain at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 1. I am overwhelmed with gratitude. These days, more than ever, it seems as if everybody is looking only after number 1 and this old "anarcho-syndicalist" finds it utmost depressing. So, whether or not I will be able to avoid ditching the new old machine, this mess I got myself into will have been worth it. And, believe it or not, I really mean it.
>> 
>> 2. I installed MacTex 2013 on the new old without any problem. But then Yosemite barfed something about security when I double clicked on a .tex file and would not open it. I hate Yosemite. But I had TeXShop already installed and it was able to open the file. And then of course I ran into the dreaded "Can't write to file ..." But this time, I had kept Voisin's instructions:
>> 
>>> In the terminal, enter
>>> 
>>> sudo nano /usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
>>> 
>>> Enter Password
>>> 
>>> Use ctrl-v repeatedly to go down to
>>> 
>>> openout_any = p
>>> openin_any = a
>>> 
>>> cursor to the immediate right of p,
>>> hit delete which will move the cursor back and delete p
>>> hit r
>>> 
>>> hit ctrl-x
>>> 
>>> Terminal will ask you if you want to save and what file name, just hit Y to save and hit enter when it asks the filename
>> 
>> So, I proceeded:
>> 
>> I entered sudo nano ...
>> 
>> Terminal asked me for my password and then I got the screen for Nano but with no text.
>> 
>> As far as I recall, last time, the file was open and I just kept using ctrl-v etc etc. 
>> 
>> So, what has changed?
>> 
>> Hopeful regards
>> --schremmer
>> 
>> @Schulz:  I am pretty sure that I never "added `updated' packages to [my] personal tree (~/Library/texmf)" if only because I would not know how to do it. And, as I said earlier, everything works on a pre Mid 2011 mac mini under snow leopard so I was not about to do *any*thing. At this point, it is just a curiosity because either it works once the openout has been edited or I dump the Mid 2011 mac mini and with it, with glee and great relief, Yosemite.
>> 
>> I tried to attach a minimal example to this but the email bounced. I guess it was not that minimal. So I took it out and will send it to you privately.
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 09 Oct 2015, at 08:18, Alain Schremmer <schremmer.alain at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Since I cannot compile with MacTeX-2015 under Yosemite files which compile just fine with MacTeX-2013 under Snow Leopard, my last attempt before I ditch Yosemite and the Mid 2011 Mac Mini it is on was to try to install MacTeX-2013 but I could not find it. Does it still exist somewhere?
>>>> 
>>>> (I found TeX Live 2013 but have no idea how to install it.)
>>>> 
>>>> Hopeful regards. 
>>>> --schremmer
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> It should be
> 
> sudo nano /usr/local/texlive/2015/texmf-dist/web2c/texmf.cnf
> 
> since the texmf folder was eliminated and all that information was placed in texmf-dist. Also, note that it should be 2015 instead of 2011.

1. In fact, it had to be 2013. :-)))

But, even though I don't expect ever having to do this again, I have modified accordingly the "Voisin procedure" which I keep.

2. OK, so now it seems to work and it looks like I am stuck with Yosemite. :-((
Still, why couldn't Apple let these files continue to work under MacTex 2015? 

I want again to thank the list for the help it gave me in "my hour of need".

Best regards
--schremmer