Removal of MacTeX

[Methynutnut]

Hi,

I installed MacTeX (a LaTeX distribution) from a .pkg, which gave me a standard installer wizard in which you read the license agreement and choose to which hard drive to install, very much similar to the one used to install classic support.

My question is: is it possible to neatly remove a package that installs itself to the mostly hidden unix tree, like this one? Is there a standard procedure for removing these?

I've googled for removal instructions, finding none, and I followed through the installer wizard up to the point where it asks you to select a hard drive, at which point I stopped for fear of installing it over the top of itself.

Would anyone please be able to suggest anything that might help? Thanks!

 

[michaelsanford]

I just installed LyX this afternoon.

Normally installed apps keep a package receipt in /Library/Receipts. I haven't discovered how this might help for application removal however, but you might want to google those two and see what you find.

As for installing an updated app over an older version: my rule of thumb is not to do it. However, unless, in the installation/upgrade documentation, it tells you that doing so will break the new version, it's probably OK to do so...