[OS X TeX] Texmaker

[Alan Munn]

At 10:21 PM +0100 3/16/08, Christoph Hoh wrote:
>Dear Allan,
>
>thanks for your help. I have installed the Developer Tools from the 
>Mac OS X DVD and I have tried to follow your instructions. At step 
>./configure I receive the following error message:
>
>macbook:~/desktop/ghostscript-8.62 christoph$ ./configure
>checking for gcc... no
>checking for cc... no
>checking for cl.exe... no
>configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
>See `config.log' for more details.
>
>I don't know what to do next since my OS X skills are rather limited.
>
>Any advice? Thanks in advance!

Try logging out and logging back in.  When you start up a terminal and type

$ which gcc

it should return /usr/bin/gcc

If that works, then try the configure phase again.

Alan



>Regards,
>Christoph
>
>Am 16.03.2008 um 20:39 schrieb Alan Munn:
>
>At 6:54 PM +0100 3/16/08, Christoph Hoh wrote:
>>Dear list members,
>>
>>it seems that I have exactly the same problem as Tamer had some time ago.
>>
>>Obviously, he could solve the problem by copying an up-to-date 
>>version of ps2pdf to his MacTeX installation.
>>
>>I'd like to do the same, but I don't know HOW to do it: [Install v. 
>>8.6 of Ghostscript]
>>
>>1. WHERE can I find the actual version of Ghostscript/ps2pdf?
>
>Theoretically, these parts of MacTeX depend on Gerbeb Wierda's 
>distribution, which can be updated using i-installer (which should 
>have been installed when you installed MacTeX.)  However, Gerben 
>only has gs version 8.57 on his i-package directory, which might not 
>solve your problem.  [ An aside, (aimed at others reading this): On 
>my system, i-installer reports that I have the most up-to-date 
>package, (which should be gs v. 8.57) but my gs version returns v. 
>8.54.  Does anyone else see a similar discrepancy? ]
>
>It's not hard, however, to build your own version of gs if you're 
>not averse to using the command line and have the Developer Tools 
>installed. (If you don't have Developer Tools installed you will 
>need to install it first from the Installation DVD that came with 
>your computer or the CDs from the your most recent full version of 
>OS X that you have.)
>
>Here's the link
>
><http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1897>
>
>Download GPL Ghostscript 8.62  (The file is: ghostscript-8.62.tar.bz2)
>
>Open a terminal window and change directory to wherever you 
>downloaded.  (Assume it's the Desktop)
>
>$ cd ~/Desktop
>$ tar -xjvf ghostscript-8.62.tar.bz2
>$ cd ghostscript-8.62
>$ ./configure
>$ make
>$ sudo make install
>
>And you're done.  (Note: each phase (and especially the 'make' 
>phase) will take a while to complete.)
>
>>2. HOW can I integrate the newer version of Ghostscript/ps2pdf into 
>>my MacTeX installation (installed in July 2007)?
>
>There is no specific integration needed.  Installation of gs will 
>just work with anything that needs it.
>
>Alan
>
>Note: tested only on a PPC running 10.4.11, but should work on other 
>machines and Leopard (can someone confirm this?)
>
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and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages   Fax.  +1-517-432-2736
Michigan State University, East Lansing MI 48824       Tel.  +1-517-355-7491