[Mac OS X TeX] Running latex from the command line

[William May]

The only TeX I have installed is the teTeX from the TeXshop web page. 
This was installed automatically, and is at /usr/local/teTeX. I just did 
a "find" from the root directory to make sure. Since the previous 
message I have also encountered a similar error running dvips (actually 
the error comes from metafont): "I can't find the base file `mf.base'!" 
I find this file is at /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/mf.base. 
I also find the file latex.fmt at 
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/latex.fmt. So both files exist, 
and are presumably at the right locations (since TeXShop works fine). 
Are there environment variables that need to be set?

On Saturday, February 2, 2002, at 01:52 PM, Gerben Wierda wrote:

> On Saturday, February 2, 2002, at 06:01 , William May wrote:
>
>> I recently started using TeXShop with quite good results. However when 
>> I try to run latex from the command line (i.e. terminal window) I get 
>> the error: "I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'!". Does anyone 
>> know how I can get latex going? Thanks!
>
> This depens on which TeX you have installed. Problems like these occur 
> when you have another TeX installed as well. Probably this TeX, and not 
> the one that TeXShop is configured for, is found and the TeX that is 
> founc on the command line is not configured/installed correctly.
>
> With 'which tex' and 'where tex' you can find out.
>
> G
>
>
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