[OS X TeX] Waterloo problem

Herbert Schulz herbs at wideopenwest.com
Tue Jun 23 22:33:23 CEST 2015


> On Jun 23, 2015, at 3:10 PM, Vic Norton <vic at norton.name> wrote:
> 
> Thanks, Herb. Now I see I was looking at a 2012 listing of MacTex mirrors.
>   http://www.tug.org/mactex/2012/mirrorpage.html
> 
> On Jun 23, 2015, at 3:16 PM, Herb Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> 
>> Howdy,
>> 
>> I just checked and Waterloo is NOT on the list of active CTAN repositories. 
>> 
>> Good Luck,
>> Herb Schulz
>> 
>>> On Jun 23, 2015, at 2:06 PM, Vic Norton <vic at norton.name> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Jun 23, 2015, at 1:07 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>>> On Jun 18, 2015, at 4:49 PM, Vic Norton <vic at norton.name> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I tried downloading the new MacTeX package from the Waterloo mirror
>>>>> http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/CTAN/systems/mac/mactex/MacTeX.pkg
>>>>> a couple of times. The download was successful both times, but the
>>>>> installation failed right away.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Then I downloaded the MacTeX package from
>>>>> http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/mac/mactex/MacTeX.pkg
>>>>> I don't know what mirror the package came from, but I had no problem
>>>>> installing it.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Is the Waterloo package busted? Maybe someone else could try it.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Vic
>>>> 
>>>> Howdy,
>>>> 
>>>> Did you check the md5 sum on the downloads as suggested in the `Installation Errors' section on the MacTeX download page, <http://www.tug.org/mactex/mactex-download.html>?
>>>> 
>>>> Good Luck,
>>>> 
>>>> Herb Schulz
>>>> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the recommendation, Herb. I downloaded the MacTeX package from Waterloo again. The md5 sum was not anything like the tug.org sum:
>>> 
>>> http://tug.org/cgi-bin/mactex-download/MacTeX.pkg
>>> bf579a512d31253d828591fdb3644dca
>>> http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/CTAN/systems/mac/mactex/MacTeX.pkg
>>> 31342416bb2399efc5b73c84ba11a874
>>> 
>>> I have no idea how to get in touch with the appropriate people in Waterloo, but their MacTeX package is no good.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Vic

Howdy,

Looks like it's still there for 2015. Something will have to be done about that.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)










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