[OS X TeX] Can't find required tool

[George Gratzer]

I use a PPC Mac.


On Apr 4, 2006, at 12:08 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:

>
> On Apr 4, 2006, at 11:40 AM, George Gratzer wrote:
>
>> I installed OS X 10.4.6 and now TeXShop does no longer work:
>>
>> Can't find required tool
>>
>> (pdflatex).
>>
>> How come?
>>
>> GG
>
> Howdy,
>
> No problem here after updating. I'm on PPC are you using Intel?
>
> In any case, try looking at your path in Terminal:
>
> echo $PATH

this gives

/usr/local/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin

How did it get messed up?

GG


>
> in bash (don't know the exact incantation with tcsh). It should  
> include /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current to be  
> able to find the binaries in Terminal. In TeXShop look at  
> Preferences->Engine->Path settings and see if that is the default  
> there too. Finally go to /Library/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin- 
> current (the /Library/teTeX/ is a symbolic link to /usr/local/ 
> teTeX/) and see that pdflatex is there.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest.com)
>
>
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