[OS X TeX] Re: [texhax] Problem with TeX under MacOS

[Bruno Voisin]

On Dec 8, 2003, at 10:40 PM, ert_ at op.pl wrote:

> I have little problem with TeX, when I use It under MacOs. I have 
> installed TeX Live 7 under MacOs 10.2 and MacOs 10.1.5.
> When I try run TeX I receive:
>
> This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.3.7x)
> kpathsea: Running mktexfmt  tex.fmt
> fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found.
> I can't find the format file `tex.fmt'!
>
> How I can repair this ?

As to how to fix TeX Live on the Mac, I don't know.

I would recommend alternatives:

- The simplest: install Gerben Wierda's TeX, a combination of teTeX and 
TeX Live, using i-Installer:

	<http://www.rna.nl>

- Two other more Unixy alternatives: install through either DarwinPorts:

	<http://darwinports.opendarwin.org>

or Fink:

	<http://fink.sourceforge.net>

You might even afterwards want to install a Cocoa front-end to these 
distributions; see the lists provided here:

	<http://www.rna.nl/tex.html>

or there:

	<http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex>

Hope this helps,

Bruno Voisin