[OS X TeX] Install fail

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Sep 3, 2015, at 9:47 AM, John Burt <burt at brandeis.edu> wrote:
> 
> I forgot to mention that csh.login and profile are in \etc
> 
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 10:45 AM, John Burt <burt at brandeis.edu> wrote:
> Ettore, Herb, thank you so much for all your help with this mystery.
> 
> Here are some answers to your questions 
> 
> 1. I don't have .tcshrc in my home directory.
> 2. I do have csh.login, and this is its content:
> # System-wide .login file for csh(1).
> 
> setenv PATH "/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin"
> ## TeX added /usr/texbin start at Thu Jan 21 10:53:41 EST 2010
> ## Do not remove the previous line
> if ("${uid}" != "0") then
>   set path = ( ${path} "/usr/texbin" )
> endif
> ## Do not remove the next line
> ## TeX added /usr/texbin end at Thu Jan 21 10:53:41 EST 2010
> ## setloginpath added /usr/local/bin start at Tue Sep  1 12:54:10 EDT 2015
> ## Do not remove the previous line
> if ("${uid}" != "0") then
>   set path = ( ${path} /usr/local/bin )
> endif
> ## Do not remove the next line
> ## setloginpath added /usr/local/bin end at Tue Sep  1 12:54:10 EDT 2015
> 
> 
> 3. I do have profile, and this is its content:
> # System-wide .profile for sh(1)
> 
> PATH="/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin"
> export PATH
> 
> if [ "${BASH-no}" != "no" ]; then
> 	[ -r /etc/bashrc ] && . /etc/bashrc
> fi
> ## TeX added /usr/texbin start at Thu Jan 21 10:53:41 EST 2010
> ## Do not remove the previous line
> if [ `whoami` != "root" ]
> then
>   PATH="$PATH:/usr/texbin"
>   export PATH
> fi
> ## Do not remove the next line
> ## TeX added /usr/texbin end at Thu Jan 21 10:53:41 EST 2010
> ## setloginpath added /usr/local/bin start at Tue Sep  1 12:54:10 EDT 2015
> ## Do not remove the previous line
> if [ `whoami` != "root" ]
> then
>   PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/bin"
>   export PATH
> fi
> ## Do not remove the next line
> ## setloginpath added /usr/local/bin end at Tue Sep  1 12:54:10 EDT 2015
> 
> 
> with much thanks!
> John
> 
> 
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 10:08 PM, Ettore Aldrovandi <ealdrov at mail.math.fsu.edu> wrote:
> Herb,
> 
> John has answered that the file /etc/paths.d/TeX contains the line /Library/TeX/texbin.
> 
> So the question is why that file doesn’t get read. The files in /etc/paths.d are read by /usr/libexec/path_helper, which is called by /etc/csh.login (for csh) or /etc/profile (bash and ksh) or /etc/zshenv (for zsh).
> 
> Which files should have been edited? Those under /etc? That’s possible but unlikely. There could be some other .file lingering somewhere that we don’t know about. One possibility is .tcshrc.
> 
> It’s possible tcsh does NOT read /etc/csh.login if it’s not a login shell. In that case path_helper would not be called, and the environment gets read from another dot file. In that case, I agree with you, it would be better to switch to a more predictable shell. (I remember 10.1, which in BSD semi-orthodoxy used tcsh, had a very baroque system of initialization files. Hopefully we are not dealing with a leftover of that!)
> 
> Hopefully we will know soon.
> 
> —E
> 
> > On Sep 2, 2015, at 21:47, Herb Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> >
> > Howdy,
> >
> > The problem isn't Fink in this case. Even though the TeX file in /etc/paths.d has /Library/TeX/texbin the $PATH or $path still have /usr/texbin. This suggests that the file in /paths.d wasn't read; they were edited. My only real suggestion, if they were edited, is to edit them again and replace /usr/texbin by /Library/TeX/texbin in those files. I don't know how the system determines if the files have been edited.
> >
> > Good Luck,
> > Herb Schulz
> >
> >> On Sep 2, 2015, at 8:24 PM, Ettore Aldrovandi <ealdrov at mail.math.fsu.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >> The files in /etc should not have been edited. Fink is not known for editing or changing anything outside /sw. In theory the tcsh should read /etc/paths.d via /usr/libexec/path_helper called by /etc/csh.login (just like bash or zsh for the other family of initialization files).
> >>
> >> I asked John to check if there is a .tcshrc file in $HOME.
> >

Howdy,

So, it looks like those files have been edited in the past. Not a good thing to do but it explains you problem with /usr/texbin showing up in PATH and path. Since I don't really know how to make the system assume they haven't been edited I'll simply change every instance of /usr/texbin in those files to /Library/TeX/texbin and have you replace the ones you have in /etc with the fixed files.

Place the attached files on your Desktop and then execute the following commands in Terminal giving your Admin password (it IS necessary) when requested

cd ~/Desktop
sudo cp profile /etc
sudo cp csh.login /etc

then quit Terminal. You might have to logout and then login but the next time you open Terminal run the command

echo $path

and see if /Library/TeX/texbin is in the path and /usr/texbin is no longer in the path. Oh... once you see that the path has been fixed up you can delete the profile and csh.login files from your Desktop.


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Finally, do you have a bashrc or csh.cshrc file in /etc? You didn't mention that. If so please run

cat /etc/bashrc

and/or

cat /etc/csh.cshrc

for those that do exist.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)