[OS X TeX] Install fail

John Burt burt at brandeis.edu
Thu Sep 3 13:30:11 EDT 2015


Here's what I get:

Last login: Thu Sep  3 13:28:18 on ttys000

: command not found

': not a valid identifier

: command not found

-bash: /etc/profile: line 27: syntax error: unexpected end of file

-bash-3.2$ cat ~/.cshrc


-bash-3.2$ ECHO $PATH

/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin

-bash-3.2$

On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com>
wrote:

> > On Sep 3, 2015, at 12:08 PM, John Burt <burt at brandeis.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Here's what I get:
> >
> > Last login: Thu Sep  3 12:41:59 on ttys000
> >
> > : Command not found.
> >
> > : Command not found.
> >
> Howdy,
>
> Most likely because the path is messed up.
>
> > set: Variable name must begin with a letter.
> >
> > [C07H5099DJD2:~] burt% ls -alF ~
> > ...
> > -rw-r--r--    1 burt  staff      1 Sep  2 13:29 .cshrc
> > ...
> > the terminal preferences are set to default login shell, but that seems
> to be tcsh
> >
> > Thanks once again!
> >
> > John
>
> Howdy,
>
> Please run
>
> cat ~/.cshrc
>
> and let me know what is there. It appears that there are some commands
> that can't be executed because of the messed up path variable.
>
> You can change the login shell by checking the `Command (complete path):'
> button and inserting /bin/bash for the command. Once you do that Quit
> Terminal and restart it; you prompt should look a bit different (probably
> ending with a $ rather than a %). Then let me know what
>
> echo $PATH
>
> gives.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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