[OS X TeX] Using i-Installer

[Rick Hogg]

Thanks, Maarten!!!  This certainly cleared some things
up for me!

Rick

--- Maarten Sneep <maarten.sneep at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> On 18-jun-2006, at 21:12, Rick Hogg wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > I just have a question about i-Installer.  I
> > downloaded the MacTex.dmg file from TUG a while
> ago, a
> > pretty hefty file. Now, if TeXShop or any of the
> > other components are ever updated, do I need to
> > download the whole shabang again, or can I pick
> and
> > choose through i-Installer?
> 
> TeXShop, and the other GUI applications are separate
> enteties,  
> separate from i-Installer that is. If they receive
> updates, just  
> update the application, like you would with any
> other application.
> 
> > Basically, I don't know what i-Installer does,
> exactly.
> 
> The engine that is used by TeXShop and the other GUI
> applications is  
> managed by i-Installer. The good news is that most
> updates aren't  
> that big.
> 
> 1) In Extras > Installers & Updaters > MacTeX
> i-Packages on the  
> image, you'll find the packages that are used by
> i-Installer to  
> update your engines. Copy this folder to you
> hard-drive
> 
> 2) Start i-Installer
> 
> 3) In the preferences of i-Installer, on the
> Locations tab, select  
> the folder you copied in step 1 for the "Remotely
> Opened i-Packages  
> Default Save Directory".
> 
> 4) From the i-Package directory, select "Open
> Updated packages".
> 
> 5) It is likely that several windows will open, from
> packages that  
> have received updates since the MacTeX image was
> created.
> 
> 6) It is porbably advisable to read the i-Installer
> help at this stage.
> 
> Maarten
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