[OS X TeX] is i-Installer still working?

Maarten Sneep maarten.sneep at xs4all.nl
Thu Sep 24 15:44:45 CEST 2009


On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:38:48 +0200, Juergen Fenn <juergen.fenn at GMX.DE>
wrote:
> Maarten Sneep schrieb:
> 
>> I think I would recommend you to do so, to avoid a mixup of
>> configurations
>> - although you can probably install without removing, and use the tex
>> distribution switcher to select an active one. I know a lot of effort
>> went
>> into making sure different versions can peacefully coexist (with the
>> possible exception of Fink-installed TeX) but I never needed that.
Others
>> may be in a better position to give a definitive answer.
> 
> If I remember correctly, there is no exception for TeX Live via Fink.
> All TeX distributions can be switched via the control panel.

But only if you ignore the instructions of the Fink team. If you follow
their instructions, then the Fink path will be ahead of everything else,
and then you get a mixed up (messed up) system.

Maarten



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