Mac and LaTex?

[Mark]

First, let me just say that I am not an expert on using the Mac.  Not at all.  And my students, whose Mac it is, are not experts either....  but here's the story:

I got a deck of cards with LaTex working well under Windows.
I then exported the deck and tried to import it on a student's Mac.

For Mac LaTex, I downloaded and installed this on the Mac:   http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/mac/mactex/MacTeX.pkg  from the page  http://www.tug.org/mactex/

For Mnemosyne, I am using version 2.1

I think the Mac is using O/S version 10.8....

Everything installed with no errors.

However, when I get to a card with LaTex, Mnemosyne displays the message "Problem with latex. Are latex and dvipng installed"

Any ideas on how to fix this?

[Peter Bienstman]

Perhaps there is a path issue and the executables need to be explicitly
added to your path? If you open a terminal, and can type 'latex' and
'dvipng' from the command prompt, you should be fine.

The exact instructions on how to update your search path, I leave to an
actual OSX user :-)

Cheers,

Peter

On 11/19/2012 03:49 PM, Mark wrote:
>
> First, let me just say that I am not an expert on using the Mac. Not at
> all. And my students, whose Mac it is, are not experts either.... but
> here's the story:
>
> I got a deck of cards with LaTex working well under Windows.
> I then exported the deck and tried to import it on a student's Mac.
>
> For Mac LaTex, I downloaded and installed this on the Mac:
> http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/mac/mactex/MacTeX.pkg from the page
> http://www.tug.org/mactex/
>
> For Mnemosyne, I am using version 2.1
>
> I think the Mac is using O/S version 10.8....
>
> Everything installed with no errors.
>
> However, when I get to a card with LaTex, Mnemosyne displays the message

> "/Problem with latex/. Are /latex/ and /dvipng installed/"

[Mark]

Ok, thanks Peter.

So, is there an actual OSX user in the house who can give detailed, step-by-step instructions?

Thanks