[OS X TeX] "fink" to download tetex leads to nowhere....?

[Justin Walker]

On Mar 22, 2004, at 16:53, Douglas Hemmick wrote:

> Can someone explain how the below results can be possible?

1) 'tetex' is not a command; it's a collection (commands, doc, 
supporting files, ...).

2) Wouldn't this better be addressed to the Fink list?

Regards,

Justin

> you can see me issuing two commands to the shell below, first
> to tell me whether I have tetex installed, and the second to
> use the thing. The system asks me what the heck I am talking
> about with the tetex command....
>
> (yes I checked my path setting to make sure that /sw is included in 
> the game)
>
> Mon Mar 22 > fink list | grep tetex
>         bundle-tetex            [virtual package]
>         system-tetex    20010808-10     Placeholder package for 
> manually installed te
>  i      tetex   2.0.2-2 Complete distribution of the TeX typesetting 
> system
>  i      tetex-base      2.0.2-2 Base programs for a teTeX installation
>         tetex-dev       2.0.2-2 Developer files for a teTeX 
> installation
>         tetex-macosx            [virtual package]
>         tetex-nox       2.0.2-3 Base programs for teTeX, with X11 
> disabled
>  i      tetex-shlibs    2.0.2-2 Shared libraries for a teTeX 
> installation
>  i      tetex-texmf     2.0.2-2 Main texmf tree for a teTeX 
> installation
>         xdvi-system-tetex       22.74-3 Display dvi files under X11 
> (system-tetex ver
> Mon Mar 22 > tetex dissertation.tex
> tetex: Command not found.
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