[OS X TeX] MacTeX Packages

[Thomas Rike]

Started to send this a few hours ago, but have since resolved the  
problems. I decided to send it anyway, in case others encounter these  
problems.

I just downloaded TeXLiveMTS-2006 and installed it. Changed the  
preferences in TeXShop, LaTeXiT, and BibTeX as directed. I have been  
using TeXLive-2005 for the past couple of months without trouble on  
MacBookPro (10.4.8).

The first document that I tried failed with 'xymtex.sty' not found.  
This is the standard chemical diagram package. It was in   
TeXLive-2005, but does not appear to be in TeXLive-2006.

Resolved by finding the 'xymtex' folder at  /usr/local/texlive2005/ 
texmf-dist/tex/latex/xymtex/  and moving it to /Users/trike/Library/ 
texmf/tex/latex/

The next document I tried used was a XeTeXexample using fontspec  
package, which seemed to work, but all of the /verb lines typeset as  
gibberish.

Resolved when I discovered that the line in the preamble setting the  
monofont was missing. After adding a line  \setmonofont{Courier} to  
the preamble the problem disappeared.

My third attempt was an example using 'arcs.sty' package which also  
could not be found. It was in TeXLive-2005. Is this because I  
downloaded the TeXLiveMTS-2006 and not TeXlive-2006 (unmodified)? I  
didn't understand the "download patience" comment, but took the  
MacTeX scheme because I have been using MacTeX since it became  
available. Is there a listing of the packages that are no longer a  
part of TeXLive-2006?

Resolved by finding the 'arcs' folder at  /usr/local/texlive2005/ 
texmf-dist/tex/latex/arcs/  and moving it to /Users/trike/Library/ 
texmf/tex/latex/

All other files that I have tested typeset without problems. Since I  
usually have problems with new installations, I have to say that this  
went pretty smoothly. I will keep TeXLive-2005, so that I can raid it  
in the future as packages that I need turn up. Thanks to everyone  
involved with this project.

Happy New Year, Tom Rike



On Jan 1, 2007, at 1:14 PM, Scott Murman wrote:

>> New MacTeX packages are available at
>>
>> 	www.tug.org/~koch/NewPackages.html
>
> TL2006 and the additions pkgs worked for me on a MacPro, latest  
> 10.4.8.
>
> have you any thoughts about distributing torrent versions of these  
> files?
>
> -SM-
>
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