latex: command not found

[angliski_jigit@…]

Hi All

A few months ago I installed:

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texlive-latex
texlive-latex-extra
texlive-latex-recommended
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... and all their dependencies using Macports. About 2 weeks ago, it suddenly stopped working (shell: latex: command not found). I spent ages uninstalling and reinstalling stuff and finally got it working again. If I recall correctly, I found a hack somehwere on the web that seemed to do the trick. Unfortunately, the same thing suddenly started happening again today! I really want to get to the root of the problem. My guess is it's something to do with linking errors. When I ran:

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sudo port upgrade outdated
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... I got LOTS of warning messages:

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---> Computing dependencies for libpng
---> Fetching archive for libpng
---> Attempting to fetch libpng-1.5.14_0.darwin_11.x86_64.tbz2 from ​http://lil.fr.packages.macports.org/libpng
---> Attempting to fetch libpng-1.5.14_0.darwin_11.x86_64.tbz2.rmd160 from ​http://lil.fr.packages.macports.org/libpng
---> Installing libpng @1.5.14_0
---> Cleaning libpng
---> Computing dependencies for libpng
---> Deactivating libpng @1.5.13_0
---> Cleaning libpng
---> Activating libpng @1.5.14_0
---> Cleaning libpng
---> Updating database of binaries: 100.0%
---> Scanning binaries for linking errors: 60.8%
Warning: Error parsing file /opt/local/bin/unzip-mem: Error opening or reading file
---> Scanning binaries for linking errors: 60.9%
Warning: Error parsing file /opt/local/bin/unzzip: Error opening or reading file
... [ABOUT 150 SIMILAR WARNING LINES] ...

Warning: Error parsing file /opt/local/bin/t1mac: Error opening or reading file
---> Scanning binaries for linking errors: 99.8%
Warning: Error parsing file /opt/local/bin/t1unmac: Error opening or reading file
---> Scanning binaries for linking errors: 100.0%
---> No broken files found.
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Really not sure how to go about this. Please advise. Thanks Angliski

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

I don't know why there should be an error opening or reading those files. Do you? Do those programs work?

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Looks like corruption on your computer somehow. Try rebuilding the ports in question.

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