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Reference: http://pages.uoregon.edu/koch/texshop/obtaining.html
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Once the file has downloaded, double-click on MacTeX.pkg to begin the installation. Read and accept the conditions, then follow the on-screen instructions to install the program. The installation may take over half an hour. After the installation is complete, you can delete the downloaded MacTeX.pkg file.
TeXShop is a front end to TeX and LaTeX, but when TeXShop typesets, it calls command line programs in an underlying TeX distribution. This distribution must be obtained separately. The TeX distribution contains the actual typesetting programs by Knuth and others, various fonts used by TeX, and a vast array of support style files and other auxiliary files.
A small distribution adequate for beginners is available by going to http://www.tug.org/mactex/morepackages.html. Click on the link titled “BasicTeX.pkg.zip” to download. The result will be an Apple install package which will install BasicTeX when double clicked. Obtain TeXShop separately. No further configuration is needed, so run TeXShop and try some simple examples from the internet or the TeXShop Help Menu.
Obtaining TeXShop and TeX Live
The standard TeX distribution on the Macintosh is called TeX Live. BasicTeX is a small subset of TeX Live, but anyone serious about TeX should obtain the full distribution. The MacTeX Working Group from the Tex User Group (TUG) constructed an install package which installs TeX Live and everything else needed to run TeX on Mac OS X in one step. This package is free, and uses Apple’s standard installer; installation takes four to eight minutes and is automatic. The package installs TeX Live, the complete reference edition of TeX produced in cooperation by TeX User Groups across the world. It also installs Ghostscript and several GUI utilities for TeX including TeXShop, so it is not necessary to get the front end separately. One of the GUI programs it installs is “TeX Live Utility,” which can keep TeX Live up to date. Everything is completely configured and ready to use once the installer finishes its job.
- Aug 31, 2020.
- Apr 01, 2009.
- AM.07: The problem (known as the 'font cache bug' in Mac OS X) was fixed in MacTeX-2009 and all later distributions are fine. QM.08: Does MacTeX-2020work on Mojave and Catalina? AM.08: Yes, it has been extensively tested and used on both systems.
MacTeX is a large download, over a gigabyte. To obtain it, click on the following link: MacTeX.pkg.
About MacTeX and TeX Live
For more details about MacTeX, go to the MacTeX web page, www.tug.org/mactex.
TeX Live runs on almost all modern operating systems, including Mac OS X, Windows, GNU/Linux, and various forms of BSD Unix. The distribution is the same on all of these systems; nothing has been added, subtracted, or modified to make it work on OS X. The distribution contains essentially every TeX tool in common use today: Plain TeX, LaTeX, AMS-TeX, ConTeXt, XeTeX, and others, as well as a complete array of packages, style files, and fonts.
Another way to get MacTeX is to join TUG; the package is on the DVD sent immediately to new members and once a year to continuing members. This DVD contains extra front-ends for Mac OS X and many other useful TeX utilities. It also contains complete TeX distributions for Windows, GNU/Linux, and other Unix systems.
TUG membership benefits include three issues of TUGBoat, the journal of the organization, and additional CD’s containing the CTAN TeX archive of style files, packages, fonts, documentation, etc. For details on joining, see http://www.tug.org.
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Summary
Let’s summarize. To use TeX on Mac OS X, it suffices to install TeXShop and BasicTeX. For a more complete installation, install MacTeX.
Prepare to set aside at least an hour of your time to install LaTeX. You should also be on campus or using a high-speed internet connection, since you will have to download a large file. If you have any difficulty while installing the software, bring your laptop to the Help Desk in Clapp Library or email helpdesk@wellesley.edu with a description of the problem.
To install LaTeX applications on your Mac:
- Visit http://tug.org/mactex/ and click on the MacTex Download link, the on the MacTeX.pkg link to download the installer (if prompted, click Keep). The file is quite large (~4 GB), so be prepared to wait a bit while it downloads.
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- Once the file has downloaded, double-click on MacTeX.pkg to begin the installation.
- Read and accept the conditions, then follow the on-screen instructions to install the program.
The installation may take over half an hour. - After the installation is complete, you can delete the downloaded MacTeX.pkg file.
- You will find the installed programs under Applications | TeX. TeXShop is the editor that you will use to create and edit LaTeX documents.
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When you are ready to begin using LaTeX, you may find this website helpful:
www.reed.edu/cis/help/latex/intro.html