On 1 October 2011 05:11, Scott Webster wrote:
> I don't claim to have all the answers, but recently when I had to
> compile a "new" latex document I got from a colleague I found that it
> was not compatible with the macports versions. So I installed
> MacTex2011. It has a great prefpane to let y
On Oct 1, 2011, at 07:53, Sam Kuper wrote:
> On 1 October 2011 10:04, Keith J. Schultz wrote:
>> (Snip)
>> MacTeX does work well with Macports. You have to change the config-file
>> of MacPorts to look for the existence of the MacTeX binaries. Sorry, I can
>> not
>> remember which. Of course It
On 1 October 2011 10:04, Keith J. Schultz wrote:
> (Snip)
> MacTeX does work well with Macports. You have to change the config-file
> of MacPorts to look for the existence of the MacTeX binaries. Sorry, I can not
> remember which. Of course It may not work anymore.
>
> At least I am happy with Mac
Hi All, Sam,
I a little something as a important side note.
MacTeX does work well with Macports. You have to change the config-file
of MacPorts to look for the existence of the MacTeX binaries. Sorry, I can not
remember which. Of course It may not work anymore.
At least I am happy with MacTeX.
MacTeX and MacPorts are, for the most part, going to install the same
version of the same TeX Live software, so it largely comes down to
which package manager you'd like to use.
The major differences are:
- MacTeX includes the entire distribution (which makes it pretty
large). The texlive meta
I've been meaning to make a BibDesk port for a while now. I don't recognize
the others. Otherwise, MacPorts is pretty up to date. Especially if you
install texlive+full
Mark
On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 12:54 AM, Scott Webster wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Richard L. Hamilton
> wrote:
>
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Richard L. Hamilton wrote:
> I imagine that if all the components were in MacPorts, it would be easy
> enough to have a meta-port that just existed to give single name to cause all
> the rest to be installed.
>
Probably if you install texlive+full you get a lot
Unless disk space is tight, or theres the potential for path confusion that
couldnt be trivially avoided if one had both, I'd ask which had the best record
of staying reliable and up-to-date.
And not everyone wants to wait however long it takes for all the TeX stuff and
its dependencies to buil
I don't claim to have all the answers, but recently when I had to
compile a "new" latex document I got from a colleague I found that it
was not compatible with the macports versions. So I installed
MacTex2011. It has a great prefpane to let you switch which tex
distribution you want to have activ
Dear all,
This thread was prompted by another thread I started recently, which
has since been resolved:
http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-users/2011-September/025653.html
I installed MacTex a couple of years ago, and although I'm not
currently using LaTeX for anything, I may want or
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