[OS X TeX] MacTeX (Latex) installation on user space

Adam R. Maxwell amaxwell at mac.com
Tue Feb 6 03:40:58 CET 2007


On Feb 5, 2007, at 09:42, Maarten Sneep wrote:

> As for actually installing the TeX package in your private tree:
>
> - open the package in i-Installer.
> - go to the "Pkg Properties" tab.
> - change the install location
> - uncheck the "Authentication required' checkmark.
>
> I'm not sure if i-Installer itself can be installed at this moment,  
> given that it now comes in a apple installer package for security  
> reasons. Is that Apple package relocatable?

I just downloaded it to check, and it appears to be relocatable  
(allows selection of a volume and folder), so should be easily  
installed by a non-admin user.

Adam


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