[OS X TeX] pdftex error

[Lorant Olasz]

For the past day I've been trying to get a working latex installation,  
first with fink and then with I-installer. Installation process  
produces no errors. However, when trying to compile a file with pdftex  
I get the following error:

! Undefined control sequence.
l.3 \documentclass
                  [10pt] {article}

Also I could not run
pdftex example
as the example.tex file is not found by pfdtex.
Running
texconfing conf
gives the following (things seem to be in order, or?)

==================== binaries found by searching $PATH  
===================
tex:    /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/tex
etex:   /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/etex
dvipdfm:         
/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/dvipdfm
pdftex: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/pdftex
omega:  /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/omega
mf:     /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/mf
mpost:  /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/mpost
tcdialog:        
/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/tcdialog
dvips:  /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/dvips
xdvi:   /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/xdvi
kpsewhich:       
/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/kpsewhich
mktexpk:         
/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/mktexpk
mktextfm:        
/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/mktextfm

=========================== Kpathsea variables  
===========================
TEXMF={/Users/lorant/Library/texmf,!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/ 
texmf.local,!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.gwtex,!!/usr/local/teTeX/ 
share/texmf.tetex,!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf}

=============== environment variables (ok if no output here)  
=============


As I could not find any solution on to my problem by searching FAQ  
pages or forums I would much appreciate any suggestions on what to do.

Thanks for your help,
Lorant O.

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