[OS X TeX] Mactex applications

[Richard Koch]

On Feb 25, 2007, at 8:48 AM, Themis Matsoukas wrote:

> I noticed that mactex installs texshop, bibdesk, excalibur and  
> latexit in Applications/TeX. I already have these programs in  
> Applications/ and I want to remove the extra copies. If I move my  
> excalibur dictionaries in Applications/TeX/Excalibur/, will they be  
> preserved next time I install mactex or is the entire folder / 
> Applications/TeX/ overwritten?
>
> Of course I can move these applications outside the folder TeX/ but  
> then I would be getting duplicates of these applications every time  
> I install mactex.  My preference would be to have mactex install  
> only TeX Live but not the applications (texshop, bibdesk etc) since  
> I do that on my own anyway. Is this an option during mactex  
> installation that I somehow missed?

Yes. This is one difference between the 2006 MacTeX and the new 2007  
MacTeX. At the "Installation Type" stage of the installation, a  
window appears saying "Click Update to perform a basic installation  
of ...". When using the new install package, there is an extra button  
at bottom left labeled "Customize"; by clicking it, you can choose  
what to install.

Dick

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