[OS X TeX] Install fail

[John Burt]

I do have the symbolic link to bsdtar.

Unfortunately, I got impatient and downloaded MacTeX from TUG, which
installed OK on my brand new iMac, so it doesn't make sense to install it
again from the dvd. But just to satisfy curiosity, I used the DVD to update
TeX on my MacBook Pro, and it seems to be installing flawlessly right out
of the box.

The computer the dvd failed on (but the downloaded version did not) was an
absolutely brand new iMac, running Yosemite.

John






On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com>
wrote:

> > On Sep 1, 2015, at 12:07 PM, John Burt <burt at brandeis.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Herb,
> > Thanks! here's the result
> > Last login: Tue Sep  1 12:21:09 on ttys000
> >
> > [C07H5099DJD2:~] burt% bash
> >
> > bash-3.2$ echo $PATH
> >
> >
> /sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/texbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
> >
> > bash-3.2$ which tar
> >
> > /sw/bin/tar
> >
> > bash-3.2$ bash
> >
> > bash-3.2$ echo $PATH
> >
> >
> /sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/texbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
> >
> > bash-3.2$ which tar
> >
> > /sw/bin/tar
> >
> > bash-3.2$
>
> Howdy,
>
> Sigh... do you already have tar in /usr/bin? See if it's found with
>
> ls -alF /usr/bin/tar
>
> (it should be a symbolic link to bsdtar).
>
> If you don't have that command let us know. If you do have the command
> please add the line
>
> export $PATH=/usr/bin:$PATH
>
> just after the
>
> bash
>
> command and before the
>
> umask
>
> command and see if that helps.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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