#Install latex for mac install

You have the option to determine a number of options here:

$install latex for mac$

Putting in this command will bring up the following dialogue: Then, open a terminal window and type the following to navigate to your Downloads folder: This will download a tarball or zipfile that contains the necessary script for the installation. Go to the TeX Live availability page from the TeX Users Group and click or. If you’re not familiar with doing this, then you need the ‘Terminal’ app that is preinstalled on your Mac, or some other shell emulator like iTerm2. Note that various steps below require you to input terminal commands.

#Install latex for mac install

If you then find space at a premium, you just dislike wasted space, or you want to control absolutely everything that goes on your system, then there is also the option to install over the internet, which gives you more control over the installation, letting you tailor it to your own needs. This may not be an issue for you, but given that Mactex installs (pretty much) the complete TeX installation, most likely you’re not going to use most of what is installed, so it’s just wasted space. On older models, the basic version was even less: in 2014 I got a Macbook Pro 13” Retina wioth 128GB hard drive, and the Macbook Air used to be the same, and then the full Mactex installation takes up 6% of your system.

The entry level Macbook Pro comes with a 256GB hard drive, so 7GB is not a massive amount of space, but it’s still around 3% of your hard drive taken up. However, it is a very large download file, currently 3.9GB and the installation takes almost 7GB on your system. This is tailored for macOS, including some support for native mac apps, as well as having a native mac installation. The documentation for installing LaTeX states that on macOS, it is recommended to use Mactex.