After upgrading to OS X Yosemite I cannot run xelatex

Question

When compiling TeX files that compiled OK before the upgrade I get an error message -bash: xelatex: command not found. I have not changed my PATH:

/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/Users/richard/.iraf/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/texbin

You did not change your path, but maybe your OS did (see http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/208181/why-did-my-tex-related-gui-program-stop-working-in-mac-os-x-yosemite). Please post the output of echo $PATH and type xelatex. — scottkosty, Oct 28 '14 at 12:15
Welcome to TeX.SX! You might find a related issue by looking at questions with the tag osx. If you are trying to launch xelatex from a GUI program, Adam Maxwell's answer seems relevant. — mvkorpel, Oct 28 '14 at 12:17
Can I ask the close votees for clarification what exactly makes this question off-topic? Since it clearly deals with LaTeX, it would be very appropriate. Thanks. — yo', Oct 28 '14 at 13:02
I'd see if the FixMacTeX2014.pkg package in /Applications/TeX repairs things first. It's been required for me after two different OS upgrades. See also Mavericks upgrade screwed up my pdflatex (command not found). — Mike Renfro, Oct 28 '14 at 14:55

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 28 '14 at 15:06

Just for reference, here's how /usr/texbin winds up pointing to /usr/local/texlive/2014:

/usr/texbin -> ../Library/TeX/Distributions/Programs/texbin
/Library/TeX/Distributions/Programs/texbin -> ../.DefaultTeX/Contents/Programs/texbin
/Library/TeX/Distributions/.DefaultTeX/Contents/Programs/texbin -> x86_64
/Library/TeX/Distributions/.DefaultTeX/Contents/Programs/x86_64 -> ../../../../../../../usr/local/texlive/2014/bin/x86_64-darwin

I'm pretty sure OS upgrades will wipe out local changes to the file system, excluding home directories and /usr/local. But there's enough changes that MacTeX makes in /usr, /Library, etc. that could get wiped. I've always used FixMacTeX(version).pkg after every OS upgrade, and it's always worked.

After upgrading to OS X Yosemite I cannot run xelatex

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