[OS X TeX] Finally we are grown up

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 21.11.2006 um 20:46 schrieb Claus Gerhardt:

> Installing TeXLive on a system, where no system wide tex path  
> exists, would be a no-brainer even without any coaching, or with  
> minimal coaching like the advice to add the two lines
>
>  PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/texlive/2005/bin/i386-darwin"
>   export PATH
>
> at the end of ~/.profile, where i386 has to be replaced by powerpc,  
> if you have a PowerPC and not an intelMac.

When the installation is done via a script, then it would ne easier  
to set the new path only for the script working:

	env PATH=... <shell script>

It's a pity that the directory's name is "*-darwin": 'uname -s'  
returns the string "Darwin" ... A *universal* substitute for i386- 
darwin would be:

	`uname -p`-`uname -s | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z'`

(or: `uname -p`-`uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'`)

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Greetings

   Pete

There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does  
not want merely because you think it would be good for him.
                                            -- Robert Heinlein



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Mit friedvollen Grüßen

   Pete

There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does  
not want merely because you think it would be good for him.
                                            -- Robert Heinlein


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