I am working from a backup of my ConTeXt/teTeX installation (in MacOS X 10.4.2) and find that when I try to typeset files, I now get the error message: tcsh: texexec: Command not found. In trying to deal with this, I discovered that the alias of teTeX in my Library folder is broken. I guess the question is “How do I re- establish the link?”, given that the original seems to be invisible. Or is there something else I must do (too)? I apologize for the newbie question—my dream is to have some time to learn about unix and the teTeX installation. ’Til now I have relied on Gerben’s i-installer to do most of the thinking for me. Indeed, I would just re-install everything, were it not for the fact that I am currently limited to access by 56K modem. Cheers, Alan
Alan, re-establishing the link is not difficult: in the Terminal, type cd /Library sudo ln -s /usr/local/teTeX ./teTeX But you're aware that the broken link has nothing to do with your problem, right? Best Thomas On Aug 26, 2005, at 3:27 PM, Alan Bowen wrote:
I am working from a backup of my ConTeXt/teTeX installation (in MacOS X 10.4.2) and find that when I try to typeset files, I now get the error message: tcsh: texexec: Command not found.
In trying to deal with this, I discovered that the alias of teTeX in my Library folder is broken. I guess the question is “How do I re-establish the link?”, given that the original seems to be invisible. Or is there something else I must do (too)?
I apologize for the newbie question—my dream is to have some time to learn about unix and the teTeX installation. ’Til now I have relied on Gerben’s i-installer to do most of the thinking for me. Indeed, I would just re-install everything, were it not for the fact that I am currently limited to access by 56K modem.
Cheers, Alan_______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Thomas— At this point I am not sure how to diagnose the problem(s) or to solve it (them). But, for the record, when I open Terminal and type
cd /Library sudo ln -s /usr/local/teTeX ./teTeX
the teTeX alias is regenerated. Yet, when I try to open teTeX by double clicking the alias icon, I get The alias “teTeX” could not be opened because the original item could not be found. Is the original still somewhere on my backup disk (a clone of my setup back home) or has it been destroyed? And you are right, I still cannot get past the tcsh: texexec: Command not found error when I try to process a file. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. I am hoping to get some writing done while I am away, and I am committed to using ConTeXt in the various projects. Best, Alan On Aug 26, 2005, at 1:31 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
Alan,
re-establishing the link is not difficult: in the Terminal, type
cd /Library
sudo ln -s /usr/local/teTeX ./teTeX
But you're aware that the broken link has nothing to do with your problem, right?
Best
Thomas
On Aug 26, 2005, at 3:27 PM, Alan Bowen wrote:
I am working from a backup of my ConTeXt/teTeX installation (in MacOS X 10.4.2) and find that when I try to typeset files, I now get the error message: tcsh: texexec: Command not found.
In trying to deal with this, I discovered that the alias of teTeX in my Library folder is broken. I guess the question is “How do I re-establish the link?”, given that the original seems to be invisible. Or is there something else I must do (too)?
I apologize for the newbie question—my dream is to have some time to learn about unix and the teTeX installation. ’Til now I have relied on Gerben’s i-installer to do most of the thinking for me. Indeed, I would just re-install everything, were it not for the fact that I am currently limited to access by 56K modem.
Cheers, Alan_______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
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This sounds like the problem is not with your symlink, but with your TeX installation. Are you sure it has been copied to your backup disk? How did you clone the disk? What does the command ls -al /usr/local/teTeX return? Best Thomas On Aug 26, 2005, at 8:37 PM, Alan Bowen wrote:
Thomas—
At this point I am not sure how to diagnose the problem(s) or to solve it (them).
But, for the record, when I open Terminal and type
cd /Library sudo ln -s /usr/local/teTeX ./teTeX
the teTeX alias is regenerated. Yet, when I try to open teTeX by double clicking the alias icon, I get The alias “teTeX” could not be opened because the original item could not be found.
Is the original still somewhere on my backup disk (a clone of my setup back home) or has it been destroyed?
And you are right, I still cannot get past the tcsh: texexec: Command not found error when I try to process a file.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated. I am hoping to get some writing done while I am away, and I am committed to using ConTeXt in the various projects.
Best, Alan
On Aug 26, 2005, at 1:31 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
Alan,
re-establishing the link is not difficult: in the Terminal, type
cd /Library
sudo ln -s /usr/local/teTeX ./teTeX
But you're aware that the broken link has nothing to do with your problem, right?
Best
Thomas
On Aug 26, 2005, at 3:27 PM, Alan Bowen wrote:
I am working from a backup of my ConTeXt/teTeX installation (in MacOS X 10.4.2) and find that when I try to typeset files, I now get the error message: tcsh: texexec: Command not found.
In trying to deal with this, I discovered that the alias of teTeX in my Library folder is broken. I guess the question is “How do I re-establish the link?”, given that the original seems to be invisible. Or is there something else I must do (too)?
I apologize for the newbie question—my dream is to have some time to learn about unix and the teTeX installation. ’Til now I have relied on Gerben’s i-installer to do most of the thinking for me. Indeed, I would just re-install everything, were it not for the fact that I am currently limited to access by 56K modem.
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Thomas—
ls -al /usr/local/teTeX returns total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 68 Aug 26 16:12 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Aug 26 16:12 ..
I take it that my installation has been crunched, and my guess is that it happened in the process of configuring the cloned backup for use on my laptop (i.e., in installing the version of OSX appropriate for a PowerBook as opposed to the original PowerMac). The process creates a folder called “Previous System” and the promise is that it will move all the stuff across that it can. But I now think that it has just clobbered my TeX installation. Does that seem right to you? Alan On Aug 26, 2005, at 4:09 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
This sounds like the problem is not with your symlink, but with your TeX installation. Are you sure it has been copied to your backup disk? How did you clone the disk? What does the command
ls -al /usr/local/teTeX
return?
Best
Thomas
On Aug 26, 2005, at 8:37 PM, Alan Bowen wrote:
Thomas—
At this point I am not sure how to diagnose the problem(s) or to solve it (them).
But, for the record, when I open Terminal and type
cd /Library sudo ln -s /usr/local/teTeX ./teTeX
the teTeX alias is regenerated. Yet, when I try to open teTeX by double clicking the alias icon, I get The alias “teTeX” could not be opened because the original item could not be found.
Is the original still somewhere on my backup disk (a clone of my setup back home) or has it been destroyed?
And you are right, I still cannot get past the tcsh: texexec: Command not found error when I try to process a file.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated. I am hoping to get some writing done while I am away, and I am committed to using ConTeXt in the various projects.
Best, Alan
On Aug 26, 2005, at 1:31 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
Alan,
re-establishing the link is not difficult: in the Terminal, type
cd /Library
sudo ln -s /usr/local/teTeX ./teTeX
But you're aware that the broken link has nothing to do with your problem, right?
Best
Thomas
On Aug 26, 2005, at 3:27 PM, Alan Bowen wrote:
I am working from a backup of my ConTeXt/teTeX installation (in MacOS X 10.4.2) and find that when I try to typeset files, I now get the error message: tcsh: texexec: Command not found.
In trying to deal with this, I discovered that the alias of teTeX in my Library folder is broken. I guess the question is “How do I re-establish the link?”, given that the original seems to be invisible. Or is there something else I must do (too)?
I apologize for the newbie question—my dream is to have some time to learn about unix and the teTeX installation. ’Til now I have relied on Gerben’s i-installer to do most of the thinking for me. Indeed, I would just re-install everything, were it not for the fact that I am currently limited to access by 56K modem.
Cheers, Alan_______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
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Yes, it sounds like there is no TeX installation anymore, Chances are that it's still in the "Previous System" directory. You can try to copy it over: sudo cp -r /"Previous System"/usr/local/teTeX /usr/local8 The tricky part is the "Previous System." I don't know what this directory is really called, but if the name doe contain a space. you'll have to "escape" it, either by putting quotation marks around it or by using \. The next step would be to put the appropriate directory in your $PATH. You could either rerun Gerben's installer, or just open the file /etc/profile in a text editor (you'll need root privileges to do that) and add the appropriate lines: ## TeX modifications start at Sun Aug 28 ## Do not remove the previous line if [ `whoami` != "root" ] then PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin6.8" export PATH fi ## Do not remove the next line ## TeX modifications end at Sun Aug 28 at the end of the file. Save, open another shell, and you should be back in business. Good luck Thomas On Aug 26, 2005, at 10:34 PM, Alan Bowen wrote:
Thomas—
ls -al /usr/local/teTeX
returns total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 68 Aug 26 16:12 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Aug 26 16:12 ..
I take it that my installation has been crunched, and my guess is that it happened in the process of configuring the cloned backup for use on my laptop (i.e., in installing the version of OSX appropriate for a PowerBook as opposed to the original PowerMac). The process creates a folder called “Previous System” and the promise is that it will move all the stuff across that it can. But I now think that it has just clobbered my TeX installation. Does that seem right to you?
Alan
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