[OS X TeX] Install fail

[John Burt]

[C07H5099DJD2:~] burt% echo $PATH

/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/texbin:/usr/local/bin

[C07H5099DJD2:~] burt% which tar

/usr/bin/tar

[C07H5099DJD2:~] burt%

On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 1:40 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com>
wrote:

> > On Sep 2, 2015, at 12:26 PM, John Burt <burt at brandeis.edu> wrote:
> >
> > How do I remove this version of tar?
> >
> > How do I remove all of the fink software on my system?
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 12:01 PM, Herb Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com>
> wrote:
> > Howdy,
> >
> > That's ancient and terrible! Ever since OS X 10.6 Plc code hasn't been
> supported. You really need to remove that stuff or you'll run into other
> problems in the future.
> >
> > Good Luck,
> > Herb Schulz
> >
> > On Sep 2, 2015, at 10:42 AM, John Burt <burt at brandeis.edu> wrote:
> >
> >> Howdy,
> >>
> >> I assume that you used Migration Assistant when you got the new MacBook
> Pro. How long ago was the Fink distribution installed? Please run
> >>
> >> file `which tar`
> >>
> >> and see if it can even be executed under Yosemite.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> /sw/bin/tar: Mach-O executable ppc
> >>
> >> and yes, it does work when I test it.
> >> thanks for all this help!
> >> John
>
> Howdy,
>
> Ok. Let's try to follow Ettore's advice first.
>
> In Terminal run
>
> cd
> ls -a
>
> and see which of .profile, .bash_profile and .bashrc (notice the leading
> period) are present. Then, for each of the ones that are present run
>
> mv originalfile oldoriginalfile
>
> e.g., if .profile is present run
>
> mv .profile old.profile
>
> which will deactivate them as well as make them visible in your HOME foler
> in Finder.
>
> Then log out and back in and then open Terminal again and run
>
> echo $PATH
> which tar
>
> and let us know what information is returned.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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