[OS X TeX] Can't find required tool
Richard J Benish
rjbenish at comcast.net
Wed Aug 31 19:21:50 CEST 2016
> > On Aug 31, 2016, at 11:14 AM, Richard J Benish
><rjbenish at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>>> On Aug 30, 2016, at 9:57 PM, Richard J Benish
>>>><rjbenish at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Greetings,
>>>>
>>>> On a G5 with Mac OS 10.4.11, I've been using TeXShop v 2.33 for
>>>> years. Without consciously having changed anything to affect the
>>>> program, suddenly, when I hit the typeset button I get the error
>>>> message:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Can't find required tool.
>>>>
>>>> "/usr/texbin/pdflatex does not exist. Perhaps TeXLive was not
>>>> installed or was removed during a system upgrade. If so, go to the
>>>> TeXShop web site and follow the instructions to (re)install
>>>> TeXLive. Another possibility is that a tool path is incorrectly
>>>> configured in TeXShop preferences. This can happen if you are using
>>>> the fink teTeX distribution."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I've tried restarting, correcting permissions, and reinstalling.
>>>> After failing to find an old install version on the web, I tried
>>>> installing from a locally saved copy of:
>>>>
>>>> MacTeX-2011.mpkg
>>>>
>>>> This resulted in a grayed out list of components which, when I
>>>> clicked on INSTALL, resulted in an error saying "There is nothing
>>>> to Install." Could that be because the non-functioning version
>>>> needs to be uninstalled first? If so I hesitate to do so before
>>>> getting confirmation.
>>>>
>>>> I've haven't found anything on the web to get me back to a
>>>> properly functioning application.
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Richard Benish
>>>
>>> Howdy,
>>>
>>> First... are you sure your not having Hard Disk problems?
>>>
>>> In Terminal please run the five commands
>>>
>>> which pdflatex
>>>
>>> ls -alF /
>>>
>>> ls -alF /usr
>>>
>>> ls -alF /usr/local
>>>
>>> ls -alF /usr/local/texlive
>>>
>>> and let us know the results.
>>>
>>> Good Luck,
>>>
>>> Herb Schulz
>>> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
>>
>>
>> Thanks Herb,
>>
>> I've attached the Terminal session with the five questions and
>> answers in the order that you gave them.
>>
>> The last one says
>>
>> "ls: /usr/local/texlive: No such file or directory"
>>
>> If the file is supposed to be findable, I have no idea how it got lost.
>>
>> I ran a MacOS hard drive diagnostic and passed. I've not had any
>> problems with the drive. It is less than a year old.
>>
>> It's been a few weeks since I used LaTeX, but at that time,
>> everything worked fine--as it has for years. It would be nice to have
>> all new(er) stuff. My motorized transport just turned 50. It's got a
>> Slant-6. :) I really like my G5 and OS 10.4.11. And I'm broke.
>>
>> Thank you very much for your help and your patience.
>>
>> Rick Benish<LaTeX Five Questions Aug 31 2016.term>
>
>Howdy,
>
>The file you sent contains only configuration information about your
>Terminal session, not the results of the commands. The easiest thing
>would be to run the commands, then click in the Terminal Window and
>Select All (Cmd-A) and Copy all the information. Then open TextEdit,
>open a new document and Paste the information there. Save it and
>send that file.
>
>However, given that there is no /usr/local/texlive I think you have
>a problem of some sort. You should be able to download MacTeX from
>2011 at <ftp://ftp.tug.org/historic/systems/mactex>. If asked, go in
>as Guest with no password. You should find a 2011 folder and then
>can open it and download the MacTeX from 2011.
>
>Good Luck,
>
>Herb Schulz
>(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
Herb,
The first time I clicked on the link in your message I found a bunch
of dated folders. When I tried copying either the 2011 folder or
individual items inside it to my desktop, I got an error message:
"The Finder cannot complete the operation because some data
in...could not be read or written. (Error code -36)."
Then I tried backing out and trying again. This time I got the FTP
user name and password dialog. I entered "Guest" for user name and no
password. But I got the error:
"The user name or password you entered is not valid. Please try again."
I got the same results from a Windows machine.
Thanks for your help.
Rick Benish
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