[OS X TeX] final tex live 2007

[Roussanka Loukanova]

Hi,

On Thu, 22 Feb 2007, Bruno Voisin wrote:
...
> Speaking about <http://www.tug.org/~koch/NewPackages.html> (I don't know 
> what's the situation exactly with <http://www.tug.org/mactex/>, I'm not using 
> it any longer):
>
> - MacTeX_Additions.dmg contains a selection of GUI applications (TeXShop, 
> BibDesk, LaTeXiT, Excalibur, i-Installer), plus the Unix programs used by TeX 
> (essentially GhostScript, ImageMagick, FreeType, installed as i-Packages with 
> the corresponding receipts, so as to allow future update via i-Installer), 
> but not TeX itself.
>
> - TeX itself, available in 4 variants:
>
> * gwTeX.dmg: Gerben Wierda's subset of TeX Live 2007, identical to what 
> would be installed by the corresponding i-Package in i-Installer.
>
> * TeXLive-2007.dmg: the full TeX Live 2007, identical to what would be 
> installed from the TeX Live DVD (with a few added bits to avoid the 
> configuration hassle associated with the Unix origins of TeX Live).
>
> * teTeX.dmg: the deprecated teTeX-based gwTeX i-Package, as used to be 
> available through i-Installer. Forget about it.
>
> * TeXLiveMTS-2007.dmg: a subset of the TeX Live 2007 DVD, designed to mimick 
> gwTeX. That was an attempt which I think will be discontinued.
>
> Hence the choice is essentially between TeXLive-2007.dmg and gwTeX.dmg.
>
> - Another component, not mentioned at this page, is Herb Schulz's MacTeXtras 
> <http://www.tug.org/mactex/MacTeXtras.dmg> containing for example CocoAspell, 
> TCOBrowser, TeXniscope, and so forth, corresponding to the directory 
> <http://cvs.sarovar.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/Extras/?cvsroot=mactex>.
>
> At the bottom of the page <http://www.tug.org/~koch/NewPackages.html> you can 
> find an all-in-one archive mactex.tar.gz containing:
>
> 	MacTeX_Additions.dmg
> 	TeXLive-2007.dmg
> 	MacTeXtras.dmg
>
> Personally I have two TeX installs (plus Textures, but that's another story):
>
> - mactex.tar.gz, for maximum compatibility with the TeX setups of colleagues 
> all over the world.
>
> - gwTeX, installed via i-Installer, for maximum reliability and consistency. 
> I prefer to use i-Installer for this, as I install in Expert mode and 
> introduce a number of customizations during the Configure stage. This avoids 
> having to run updmap, mktexlsr and texconfig afterwards from the command 
> line.

This mactex.tar.gz at the very bottom of the site, puzzled me from the 
time it appeared. Now, you dispelled the mystery (almost, since I haven't 
seen it). I want to try these too, but if you could separate some more 
time with some more advise:

1. Before installing mactex.tar.gz, should I uninstall some of what I 
already have (MacTeX_Additions, TeXLive-2007). If yes, which parts?

Perhaps, I can keep at least Font Utilities, Ghostscript, and ImageMagick. 
Right? What about i-Installer: Is there something specific, because 
mactex.tar.gz would, perhaps, attempt to install it?

2. I did the Full mode of gwTeX install. But I am tempted (very much 
indeed) to try he expert mode, if you would give some guidelines. (Some 
time ago, I dared that with the deprecated-now teTeX. I'm not sure 
if I grasped what I did, but whatever, teTeX worked greatly.)

And, as in (1), should I first uninstall the current gwTeX installation? 
I have the latest version, installed via i-Installer? (If yes, this should 
be easy with i-Installer.)

Roussanka

> Switching between the two distributions via Jérôme Laurens' TeX Distribution 
> system pref panel is a breeze.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Bruno Voisin
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