[OS X TeX] Install fail

Herbert Schulz herbs at wideopenwest.com
Tue Sep 1 19:23:59 CEST 2015


> On Sep 1, 2015, at 12:18 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Sep 1, 2015, at 12:07 PM, John Burt <burt at brandeis.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear Herb,
>> Thanks! here's the result
>> Last login: Tue Sep  1 12:21:09 on ttys000
>> 
>> [C07H5099DJD2:~] burt% bash
>> 
>> bash-3.2$ echo $PATH
>> 
>> /sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/texbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
>> 
>> bash-3.2$ which tar
>> 
>> /sw/bin/tar
>> 
>> bash-3.2$ bash
>> 
>> bash-3.2$ echo $PATH
>> 
>> /sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/texbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
>> 
>> bash-3.2$ which tar
>> 
>> /sw/bin/tar
>> 
>> bash-3.2$ 
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> Sigh... do you already have tar in /usr/bin? See if it's found with
> 
> ls -alF /usr/bin/tar
> 
> (it should be a symbolic link to bsdtar).
> 
> If you don't have that command let us know. If you do have the command please add the line
> 
> export $PATH=/usr/bin:$PATH
> 
> just after the
> 
> bash
> 
> command and before the
> 
> umask
> 
> command and see if that helps.
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)

Howdy,

Please answer Dick Koch's request too. What computer and OS version are you using?

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)










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