[OS X TeX] Adding TL'21 (pretest) to TeX Live Utility/texbin

[Richard Koch]

Joseph,

To set up the full /Library/TeX/texbin, you should install using the MacTeX package. For the pretest, you can get the same effect by just creating a symbolic link /Library/TeX/texbin pointing to /usr/local/texlive/2021/bin/universal-darwin. Some things will fail this way: you cannot use TLU to switch to the old distribution, and TeXShop's new item leading you to TeX Live documentation won't work. 

Eventually we will create a small install package which installs the full mactex data structure for folks who use the Unix installer, but for that you need to wait until the release of TeX Live 2021.

Richard Koch



> On Feb 26, 2021, at 1:57 AM, Joseph Wright <joseph.wright at morningstar2.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> The TL'21 pretest has begun, so I've installed it on my Mac using the generic Unix installer (sudo install-tl -repository <a-pretest-server>). It's been a few years since I last did this on a Mac, and I don't remember how to set up the /Library/TeX/texbin business to find TL'21. I guess I also need to 'tell' the TeX Live Utility GUI about it.
> 
> Anyone know the 'recipe'?
> 
> Joseph
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