[XeTeX] OSX 10.6.8, TERM environmental variable not set, cannot use XeLaTeX

[Herbert Schulz]

On Dec 22, 2011, at 6:06 PM, Peter Rowat wrote:

> I recently upgraded to OSX 10.6.8, and TeXShop 2.29 is installed.
> 
> When I choose "XeLaTex" then "Typeset" I first got:
> 
> Error:
> TERM environment variable not set.
> 
> 
> Then, after I created a ".profile" containing
> "export TERM=xterm-color",
> 
> I do not get the TERM environment variable message, 
> but now get the message:
> 
> "xelatex: Command not found."
> 
> Can anyone suggest what to do?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- Peter Rowat
> 

Howdy,

Could you update to TeXShop 2.43, the latest version for OS X 10.6. Then please move the ~/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ folder to the desktop and (re)start TeXShop.

You don't say what TeX distribution you are using.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)