Marc,
this is not necessarily correct, it can be a symlink, hence my suggestion of
realpath $(which pdflatex)
which will give you the final executable, in my case
/usr/local/texlive/2020basic/bin/x86_64-darwin/pdftex
But, I agree, this looks like an ancient installation :-0-O
el
On 13/05/2020 14:16, Marc Schwartz via R-SIG-Mac wrote:
> Spencer,
>
> FWIW, this may be a situation where you need to remove your
> current/older installations of TeXLive and start fresh with a clean
> install of TeXLive 2020. It is possible that there is some conflict
> or corruption of the current multiple installations.
>
> That 'which pdflatex' is pointing directly to an executable in
> /usr/local/bin, rather than to a symlink in the TeXLive tree, suggests
> that there is something amiss with your installation.
>
> There are two primary folder trees that would need to be removed:
>
> /Library/TeX
>
> and
>
> /usr/local/texlive
>
> The former path will show in Finder, but the latter will not, unless
> you have hidden folders set to show. If not, then you can use the
> Finder menu option:
>
> Go -> Go to Folder
>
> and enter:
>
> /usr/local
>
> That will then show you the texlive folder, which you can then right
> click on and delete.
>
> Both folder trees will require your Admin password to delete.
>
> Once you do this, if you elect to do so, you will then need to
> re-install TeXLive 2020 and hopefully start fresh.
>
> Regards,
>
> Marc Schwartz
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