Hans van der Meer wrote:
I use (as root: sudo) the following shell script to install the latest pdfetex. For me it works. It might be of use to you.
#!/bin/sh echo "Installing Pdftex..." umask 022 unzip pdftex-1.30.4.zip cd pdftex-1.30.4 sh ./Build cp -f build/texk/web2c/pdftex `which pdftex` cp -f build/texk/web2c/pdftex.pool `kpsewhich pdftex.pool`
no need for pdftex, is kind of obsolete, and afaik pdfetex is always the default
cp -f build/texk/web2c/pdfetex `which pdfetex`
which -> kpsewhich
cp -f build/texk/web2c/pdfetex.pool `kpsewhich pdfetex.pool` chown -R root:wheel /usr/local/teTeX
what is this wheel thing?
chmod -R u+w /usr/local/teTeX chmod -R a+r /usr/local/teTeX
why not make that place independent as well? chmod -R u+w `which pdfetex` `which pdfetex.pool`
umask 027 cd .. echo "Installing Pdftex done." exit
wikiable Hans