[OS X TeX] Removing old TeX distribution(s)

[Markus Klyver]

Thank you for your answer. Yeah, I my question have already been answered, but thanks anyway for letting me know. I'll check how to setup my fonts, thank you so much. I actually tried the Tex Live Utility but it just froze, and I have no freaking clue why.
Regards,Markus

> From: herbs at wideopenwest.com
> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 20:50:00 -0600
> To: macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu
> Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Removing old TeX distribution(s)
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> > On Feb 4, 2015, at 6:35 PM, Markus Klyver <markusklyver at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Today, I installed MacTeX-2014. I already had MacTeX-2013 installed, and now I really want to free the space on my disk it occupies. Will a removal of an old TeX distribution – in this case MacTex-2013 – result in a loss of installed packages and/or modifications I've made? I have a highly customized setup and before I do anything I want to make sure nothing is lost.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Markus
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> Others have pointed you in the right direction
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> When you say ``highly customized'' what do you mean? I hope you haven't placed anything inside the /usr/local/texlive/2013 branches but only in /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local or your personal tree, starting at ~/Library/texmf.
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> Also, do you have custom fonts that have been placed in /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local or ~/Library/texmf you'll have to let TeX Live 2014 ``know'' about them. If you haven't set things up the best way for doing that download TeXLive2012+Changes.pdf.zip from <https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10932738/index.html> and follow the directions there for setting up fonts. The main advantage of setting up fonts using the method mentioned there is that you need only issue a single, simple command when installing a newer version of TeX Live does the job.
> 
> Finally, I'd update TeX Live 2014 using TeX Live Utility (or tlmgr if you wish) since there have been quite a few updates to the distribution since it was initially distributed.
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
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