[OS X TeX] TeX based on TeX Live release

[Simon Spiegel]

On 03.11.2006, at 08:38, Gerben Wierda wrote:

>> Thanks, I'm currently trying to install the new TeX and I see  
>> problems: I-installer complains that it can't find kpsewhich and  
>> quits the installation. This is with version 2.85
>
> The subprocess output shows at the end:
>
>> csh: /usr/share/init/tcsh/rc: No such file or directory.
>> ### texlive.configure: I cannot locate the kpsewhich program. If  
>> this cannot be found, configuration is impossible. I will bail out...
>
> So, it seems when you try to run kpsewhich from the configure  
> script, it runs tcsh (your default shell maybe?) but startup  
> initialisation of tcsh fails.
>
> Possible here is that your tcsh setup is broken system-wide, but  
> that you have repaired this in your own home directory with  
> a .login or .cshrc file. This personal repair will not be available  
> to the TeX i-Package as it runs as user root.

I run bash as my default shell, of that's of any help. I can't  
remember doing anything with tcsh for quite some time and my system  
has been set up from scratch just recently. So what could be broken  
here?



simon
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