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

[Anthony Dardis]

On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 21:40:58 -0500, Adam R. Maxwell <amaxwell at mac.com>  
wrote:

>
> 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
>
>

When I tried to install i-Installer on my Mac, it gave me the option to  
choose the destination. But the local folder I had set up was greyed out  
and could not be selected. Is there something I can do to get around this?

Tony



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