[XeTeX] How to finish the installation of XeTeX 0.99993 (on MacOS)?

[Herb Schulz]

Howdy,

I'd expect that you TeX Live distribution installed by MacTeX is perfectly fine. I have no idea how you remove the one installed by MacPorts. Follow Dick Koch's advice to check the MacTeX installed version. If that is ok following my advice should fix things. 

If the MacTeX version isn't  there we'll need more information about how you installed it; e.g., is the install on a fresh version of Sierra or not, etc. 

Good Luck,
Herb Schulz

> On Nov 13, 2016, at 5:35 PM, Christian Boitet <Christian.Boitet at imag.fr> wrote:
> 
> G'day,                            13/11/16
> 
> Vielen Dank Herb für die schnelle Antwort.
> 
> Ja zur Frage.
> 
> (Ich schrieb "I reinstalled MacLive, and then MacTeX-2016, which are supposed to come with XeTeX. No way.
> The message is always the same...")
> 
> Maybe I should try to uninstall all TeX-related files and reinstall, but it is too complex to do it by hand. The installers are supposed to replace what should be replaced, but obviously don't erase all what should be erased.
> 
> Any hint of a "total clean uninstaller" for TeX and related files/programs?
> 
> Best,
> 
> Xan (Grenoble)
> 
> 
>> Le 13 nov. 2016 à 23:06, Herb Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> a écrit :
>> 
>> Howdy,
>> 
>> Sorry for the top post. 
>> 
>> Have you installed MacTeX? It installs a full TeX Live distribution when includes xe(la)tex. 
>> 
>> Good Luck,
>> Herb Schulz
>> 
>>> On Nov 13, 2016, at 12:33 PM, Christian Boitet <Christian.Boitet at imag.fr> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Dear TeX fans,                    13/11/16
>>> 
>>> it is the first time I post anything on this list: I have used LaTeX for lectures, slides, conference papers, etc. for many years, I have a complete reference book, and always found answers in it or on the Web.
>>> This time, I am quite stuck! One Japanese colleague has used XeTeX on her Mac and passed me her files to do some debugging concerning the bibliography.
>>> 
>>> I am using TeXShop (latest version), I reinstalled MacLive, and then MacTeX-2016, which are supposed to come with XeTeX. No way.
>>> The message is always the same. Trying to complie from TeXShop:
>>> 
>>> kpathsea: Running mktexfmt xelatex.fmt
>>> warning: Configuration file texmf.cnf not found! Searched these directories:
>>> /opt/local/bin:/opt/local:/opt:/opt/local/bin/share/texmf-local/web2c:/opt/local/share/texmf-local/web2c:/opt/share/texmf-local/web2c:/opt/local/bin/texmf-local/web2c:/opt/local/texmf-local/web2c:/opt/texmf-local/web2c:/opt/local/bin/share/texmf/web2c:/opt/local/share/texmf/web2c:/opt/share/texmf/web2c:/opt/local/bin/texmf/web2c:/opt/local/texmf/web2c:/opt/texmf/web2c:/.:/opt/local/share/texmf/web2c:/opt/local/share/texmf/web2c
>>> Trying to proceed...
>>> /opt/local/bin/mktexfmt: line 336: /texconfig/tcfmgr: No such file or directory
>>> fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found.
>>> I can't find the format file `xelatex.fmt'!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Or, tryi