[OS X TeX] installing from TeXLive

[Claus Gerhardt]

The command line is not case sensitive, at least not in bash shell.

The system wide settings which I changed to my new path was the main  
reason for not trusting i-Installer, besides that I didn't know what  
it is doing. I am (was) afraid that i-Installer might think that  
whatever is tex related had been installed by i-installer and thus  
might also be removed.

Claus


On 17.11.2006, at 09:49, Gerben Wierda wrote:

> On Nov 17, 2006, at 08:04, Claus Gerhardt wrote:
>
>> I wouldn't trust i-installer and do it rather myself:
>
> I sense some disappointment here ;-)
>
>> cd /usr/local
>> sudo rm -fR tetex
>
> Trust is a dangerous thing because this will not work, for one  
> because the directory is named teTeX and not tetex and the command  
> line is case sensitive. You will not et a warning from rm, because  
> the -f flag is not only force but also ignore. Hence, "rm -r tetex"  
> will give you "rm: tetex: No such file or directory", but "rm -rf  
> tetex" will say nothing and leave teTeX in place.
>
> Secondly, there is more. There also is /var/tmp/texfonts and there  
> is a symlink in /Library. There are also the system-wide settings  
> for cli path and man path which was what this was all about and  
> which are not removed by the statement above, even when typed  
> correctly.
>
> So, if you want to uninstall the install from the TeX i-Package,  
> the best option is to open it, click uninstall, and select  
> "Everything". This will remove everything that was installed by the  
> TeX i-Package (it will leave your personal files in ~/Library/texmf  
> alone but it will remove system-wide texmf.local) and also revert  
> changes to the cli (and man) environment.
>
> So I would trust the i-Package here ;-)
>
> G
>
>>
>> Beware that if you should have installed Gerben's TeXLive prior to  
>> the original texlive, then, given your set up, the original  
>> texlive is now contained in Gerben's TeXLive folder, it is the  
>> folder 2005.
>>
>> Claus
>>
>>
>> On Nov 17, 2006, at 5:18, Adam R. Maxwell wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 16, 2006, at 18:19, Enrico Franconi wrote:
>>>
>>>> Oh, oh. This is bad. The i-installer did modify some of my  
>>>> system files?
>>>> What about all the discussions about the security of modifying  
>>>> the environment.plist?
>>>> Modifying a system-wide profile having a global import seems to  
>>>> me bad.
>>>
>>> It is required if you want to use the command line to run TeX,  
>>> but is an optional part of the install IIRC.  The main problem  
>>> with environment.plist is that it affects the environment of all  
>>> GUI applications (which is also it's main advantage, as you know).
>>>
>>>> Anyway, I will revert as root those files to their original  
>>>> version.
>>>> Question: is there an uninstall option in the i-installer? How  
>>>> can a normal user without cli expertise revert the situation and  
>>>> switch correctly to TeXlive?
>>>
>>> Perhaps by using the "Uninstall" button on the TeX i-Package?
>>>
>>> Adam
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