tcsh: texexec: Command not found.

tcsh: texexec: Command not found.

[Alan Bowen]

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

Re: tcsh: texexec: Command not found.

[Thomas A. Schmitz]

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
>

Re: tcsh: texexec: Command not found.

[Alan Bowen]

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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Re: tcsh: texexec: Command not found.

[Thomas A. Schmitz]

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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>> http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
>>
>>
>
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Re: tcsh: texexec: Command not found.

[Alan Bowen]

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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> ntg-context mailing list
>>> ntg-context@ntg.nl
>>> http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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>>
>
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Re: tcsh: texexec: Command not found.

[Thomas A. Schmitz]

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
>
>
>