[OS X TeX] Mountain Lion neither makefile nor latex command functions

[Herbert Schulz]

On Nov 12, 2013, at 10:22 AM, NMPOST7 <nmpost7 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> Just updated my iMac to Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
> I have a makefile for a book project of my own. Neither does the makefile
> command nor the latex command works. All I get is "command" not found.
> I do not know this problem on linux.
> 
> Do I need to change something in the system?
> 
> Best regards
> Suren

Howdy,

You say you updated to OS X 10.8.5 but not from what version of the you started.

Please let us know what

ls -alF /

ls -alF /usr

ls -alF /usr/local

echo $PATH

which latex

returns as run in Terminal. Do you use a GUI front end for compiling or do you use the Terminal directly?

Try to install the FixMacTeX2013.pkg found in /Applications/TeX; i.e., double click that .pkg file and follow the directions.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)