[OS X TeX] MacTeX 2011 Basic cannot switch to 64bit binaries

[Jinglei Hu]

Hi Richard,

Thanks for your reply.

Best, Jinglei

On Aug 25, 2011, at 12:26 AM, Richard Koch wrote:

> Jinglei,
> 
> The problem is that the BasicTeX TeX Distribution structure doesn't know anything about
> those 64 bit binaries because you installed them by hand.
> 
> There are other problems. Some hidden files in the distribution don't know that you have
> the 64-bit binaries either, so if you use TeX Live Utility or tlmgr to update, those 64 bit binaries
> may not be updated.
> 
> Our experiments show that 32 bit binaries and 64 bit binaries process at about the same speed.
> So I don't think it is worth the trouble to fix this. Your options are
> 
> 	a) Use BasicTeX, which has 32 bit universal binaries
> 
> 	b) Install MacTeX-2011, which has both
> 
> 	c) Install TeX yourself using the TeX Live install script, to obtain both binaries but
> 	only a subset of TeX Live. 
> 
> However, c) won't give a TeX Dist structure, so the pref pane won't know about it.
> 
> Dick Koch
> 
> On Aug 16, 2011, at 11:52 AM, Jinglei Hu wrote:
> Te
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I've freshly installed MacTeX 2011 basic on Lion. I also installed x86_64-darwin binaries. Unfortunately, I cannot switch to 64bit in the PrefPane. A restart does not solve the problem.  
>> 
>> Any idea or help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>> 
>> 
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