[OS X TeX] Where to get MacTeX-2013?

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Oct 9, 2015, at 2:35 PM, Alain Schremmer <schremmer.alain at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> On , at 2015 Oct 9,1:33 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:
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>>> On Oct 9, 2015, at 12:24 PM, Alain Schremmer <schremmer.alain at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 1. I am overwhelmed with gratitude. These days, more than ever, it seems as if everybody is looking only after number 1 and this old "anarcho-syndicalist" finds it utmost depressing. So, whether or not I will be able to avoid ditching the new old machine, this mess I got myself into will have been worth it. And, believe it or not, I really mean it.
>>> 
>>> 2. I installed MacTex 2013 on the new old without any problem. But then Yosemite barfed something about security when I double clicked on a .tex file and would not open it. I hate Yosemite. But I had TeXShop already installed and it was able to open the file. And then of course I ran into the dreaded "Can't write to file ..." But this time, I had kept Voisin's instructions:
>>> 
>>>> In the terminal, enter
>>>> 
>>>> sudo nano /usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
>>>> 
>>>> Enter Password
>>>> 
>>>> Use ctrl-v repeatedly to go down to
>>>> 
>>>> openout_any = p
>>>> openin_any = a
>>>> 
>>>> cursor to the immediate right of p,
>>>> hit delete which will move the cursor back and delete p
>>>> hit r
>>>> 
>>>> hit ctrl-x
>>>> 
>>>> Terminal will ask you if you want to save and what file name, just hit Y to save and hit enter when it asks the filename
>>> 
>>> So, I proceeded:
>>> 
>>> I entered sudo nano ...
>>> 
>>> Terminal asked me for my password and then I got the screen for Nano but with no text.
>>> 
>>> As far as I recall, last time, the file was open and I just kept using ctrl-v etc etc. 
>>> 
>>> So, what has changed?
>>> 
>>> Hopeful regards
>>> --schremmer
>>> 
>>> @Schulz:  I am pretty sure that I never "added `updated' packages to [my] personal tree (~/Library/texmf)" if only because I would not know how to do it. And, as I said earlier, everything works on a pre Mid 2011 mac mini under snow leopard so I was not about to do *any*thing. At this point, it is just a curiosity because either it works once the openout has been edited or I dump the Mid 2011 mac mini and with it, with glee and great relief, Yosemite.
>>> 
>>> I tried to attach a minimal example to this but the email bounced. I guess it was not that minimal. So I took it out and will send it to you privately.
>>> 
>>> 
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>>>>> On 09 Oct 2015, at 08:18, Alain Schremmer <schremmer.alain at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Since I cannot compile with MacTeX-2015 under Yosemite files which compile just fine with MacTeX-2013 under Snow Leopard, my last attempt before I ditch Yosemite and the Mid 2011 Mac Mini it is on was to try to install MacTeX-2013 but I could not find it. Does it still exist somewhere?
>>>>> 
>>>>> (I found TeX Live 2013 but have no idea how to install it.)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hopeful regards. 
>>>>> --schremmer
>> 
>> Howdy,
>> 
>> It should be
>> 
>> sudo nano /usr/local/texlive/2015/texmf-dist/web2c/texmf.cnf
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>> since the texmf folder was eliminated and all that information was placed in texmf-dist. Also, note that it should be 2015 instead of 2011.
> 
> 1. In fact, it had to be 2013. :-)))
> 
> But, even though I don't expect ever having to do this again, I have modified accordingly the "Voisin procedure" which I keep.
> 
> 2. OK, so now it seems to work and it looks like I am stuck with Yosemite. :-((
> Still, why couldn't Apple let these files continue to work under MacTex 2015? 
> 

Howdy,

What files are you talking about?

If you mean your book that depends upon a file structure that requires a change to the default setting of TeX Live I don't think that has anything to do with Apple. And you can expect that every time you update to a new TeX Live the way you do things will have to be changed again for that new distribution. I believe there actually is a way to make the changes that will live through new versions of TeX Live but I haven't tested it so haven't suggested it. If you wish to try it let me know.

If you're talking about the necessity to change from /usr/texbin to /Library/TeX/texbin that only happens with an update to OS X 10.11 and isn't a problem with OS X 10.10.x. That was done for security purposes and the vast majority of folks will never notice it. We happen to be in the relatively small group that feels it. Luckily there are folks out there that can figure out how to handle the problems.

> I want again to thank the list for the help it gave me in "my hour of need".
> 
> Best regards
> --schremmer

Sorry to sound a bit upset but I don't think this is a problem caused by Apple or MacTeX/TeX Live.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)