Now here is the thing. I upgraded my Mac to the OS X EI Capitan a few days ago. And now MacTeX is not working. When I try to typeset it, the console shows the following error:
xelatex: command not found.
How can I fix it?
[Tex/LaTex] MacTeX Error: XeLaTeX: command not found
mactexxetex
Related Solutions
If you're using an older installation of MacTeX, make sure /usr/texbin is included in your PATH environment variable. Otherwise, use /Library/TeX/bin.
I had a similar problem with texmaker on El Capitan yesterday which gave me a sh: repstopdf: command not found whenever I was trying to use a new eps graphic in my document. Apparently changing the specific paths to pdflatex etc. is not enough and it might still try looking for some binaries (when needed e.g. for converting images) in /usr/texbin.
I found a solution here which suggests using the input field at the bottom of the command settings tab to add /Library/TeX/texbin/ to the PATH variable. After that everything worked fine for me. I'm a bit surprised that it doesn't find pdflatex in your case though because you have probably specifically set its path to /Library/TeX/texbin/pdflatex, but I hope that this still solves your problem.
So my settings now look like this:
Note the active input box at the bottom which sets the PATH for the other binaries.
Best Answer
this is due to the new permission settings on Mac OS X El Capitàn. Here you can find a way to configure everything properly.
In that page (from which I copy), we find that
Cause of the problem: MacTeX installs a symbolic link
/usr/texbinpointing to the TeX binaries. GUI applications use this link to find the binaries. But in El Capitan, the location/usris reserved for Apple, and even users with root access are not allowed to write to that location.Solution: The solution to this problem is to relocate the link to
/Library/TeX/texbin, and reconfigure GUI applications to look in this location. Consequently, MacTeX-2015 and BasicTeX-2015 write two links,/usr/texbinand/Library/TeX/texbin, when installing on systems earlier than El Capitan, and write/Library/TeX/texbinwhen installing on El Capitan. These installations configure shell applications to look for TeX in both locations. You, therefore, need only to reconfigure GUI, as instructed here.Reconfiguring TeXLive Utility: Version 1.23 of TEX Live Utility automatically detects the loss of
/usr/texbinunder El Capitan and prompts the user to automatically fix the problem. Previous versions need manual fixing:/Library/TeXand click oktexbinReconfiguring TeXShop: As pointed out in this document, TeXShop versions from 3.52 onwards (July 2015) automatically redirect themselves to the correct link; if you cannot/want not update, you should:
/usr/texbinto/Library/TeX/texbinAnd you should be good to go.
Reconfiguring LaTeXit:
/usr/texbinwith/Library/TeX/texbinReconfiguring TeXWorks:
texbinto select it and Click on the Choose button to add/Library/TeX/texbin. You can delete the/usr/texbinitem by selecting it and clicking one the - button.