
XQuartz creates the folders as well, so another solution is to install XQuartz before installing BasicTeX or MacTeX.

The technical problem is that Sierra does not create the folders /etc/paths.d or /etc/manpaths.d, so our packages have to create them. I certainly tested FixLink on my own machine. This is a very, very small download package install the package.Įventually this fix will be moved to BasicTeX-2016 and MacTeX-2016, but before remaking those packages, I want to make sure this one creates no problems. To fix this problem, download FixLink from my web site: If these users install MacTeX-2016 or BasicTeX-2016, they will discover that they cannot typeset from the command line. This problem only concerns users who install Sierra on a new disk, rather than updating an existing system to Sierra.

According to post by Dick Koch on the macosx-tex mailing list:
