TeX Live contains binaries for many Unix-based platforms, including GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, and Cygwin. The included sources can be compiled on platforms for which we do not provide binaries. As to Windows: Windows 7 and later are supported. Windows Vista may still mostly work, but TeX Live will no longer even install on Windows XP or earlier. TeX Live is intended to be a straightforward way to get up and running with the TeX document production system. It provides a comprehensive TeX system with binaries for most flavors of Unix, including GNU/Linux, macOS, and also. TeX Live is a cross-platform, free software distribution for the TeX typesetting system that includes major TeX-related programs, macro packages, and fonts. TeX Live is an easy way to get up and running with the TeX document production system in Windows.
MiKTeX for Mac is distributed as a disk image (
.dmg
) file. If you double click the disk image file, you will see a Finder window:To install MiKTeX, simply drag the MiKTeX icon onto the
Applications
shortcut icon. This will install the MiKTeX Console
application and essential support files (executables, frameworks, configuration files).Finishing the setup
Before you can use MiKTeX, you have to finish the setup. Click the
MiKTeX Console
icon in Launchpad to start MiKTeX Console:Texlive For Mac Download
Now is the time to make a decision:
Do you want to set up a private (for you only) TeX installation, or do you want to set up a shared (system-wide) TeX installation?
You probably want to choose the first option.
The second option makes sense if you are the administrator of a multi-user system. If this is the case and if you expect that some of your users would like to work with MiKTeX, then you should install MiKTeX system-wide.
Click one of the two buttons if you have made your decision.
Upgrade option
If you have just installed MiKTeX, then you have the option to upgrade your installation to a standard TeX system. Just click the
Upgrade
button. Please be aware that this starts a ~200MB download.Alternatively, you can turn on the auto-install feature and let MiKTeX install missing packages on-the-fly. This will help you to keep your TeX installation as minimal as possible (“Just enough TeX”).
Fixing PATH
issues
Executables like
luatex
have been installed in ~/bin
. This folder is usually not in the search path for executables, i.e., two additional steps might be necessary:Texlive For Mactex
- Add the
~/bin
directory to the environment variablePATH
(see here, for details). - If you use TeXshop, you have to set some preferences (see here, for details).
Removing MiKTeX
You can remove MiKTeX completely from your system. To do so, open a Terminal window and run these commands:
- run
miktexsetup cleanup
to remove MiKTeX files which have been created in your home directory - if MiKTeX has been installed system-wide, run
sudo miktexsetup --shared=yes cleanup
to remove MiKTeX files which have been created outside your home directory - run
sudo rm -fr /Applications/MiKTeX Console.app
to remove the application files
TeX Live
TeX Live is intended to be a straightforward way to get up andrunning with the TeX document production system. Itprovides a comprehensive TeX system with binaries for most flavors ofUnix, including GNU/Linux, macOS, and alsoWindows. It includes all the major TeX-related programs, macro packages,and fonts that are free software, including support for many languagesaround the world. Many operating systems provideit via their own distributions.
- How to acquire TeX Live:download, on DVD, other methods.
- Quick install for Unix; installation and release notes for Windows; for MacOSX, see the MacTeX distribution.
- Documentation.
- Contact and mailing lists.
- Known issues and highlights of changes in the current release (details for LuaTeX, pdfTeX, XeTeX).
- Portable (USB and DVD) usage of TeX Live.
- Installing/updating packages after installation and full upgrade from previous years.
- TeX Live licensing, and integration with operating system distributions.
- Development source repository, and building the sources.
- How you can help.
- Current release: TeX Live 2020 is available over the Internet and (after production) on DVD. It was released on 10 April 2020, and ongoing updates are available.
- The GPG public key we use to sign our releases. (You can view the contents with gpg --show-keyring texlive.asc, or --list-options show-keyring depending on your gpg version.)
Some starting points for actually using TeX are in this introduction to the TeX world.
Texlive Mac Install Package
By the way, if you don't care for TeX Live's setup for whateverreason, the major (free software) alternative is MiKTeX, which also runs on GNU/Linux,macOS, and Windows.
Plan for TeX Live 2021:
15feb: candidate/final sources committed, test builds begin.
28feb: tlnet (and TL'20) frozen, tlpretest starts, CTAN updates continue there.
15mar: code freeze for final build, major bug fixes only.
27mar: final updates from CTAN, final doc tweaks.
29mar: deliver TL image for TeX Collection packaging/testing.
5apr: deliver TeX Collection DVD image for manufacturing.
10apr: public release (also of MacTeX).
June?: delivery of DVDs to members.
15feb: candidate/final sources committed, test builds begin.
28feb: tlnet (and TL'20) frozen, tlpretest starts, CTAN updates continue there.
15mar: code freeze for final build, major bug fixes only.
27mar: final updates from CTAN, final doc tweaks.
29mar: deliver TL image for TeX Collection packaging/testing.
5apr: deliver TeX Collection DVD image for manufacturing.
10apr: public release (also of MacTeX).
June?: delivery of DVDs to members.
TeX Live has been developed since 1996 by collaboration between theTeX user groups. TeX Live was originallyperpetrated by Sebastian Rahtz. Present miscreants includeAkira Kakuto,Karl Berry,Luigi Scarso,Mojca Miklavec,Norbert Preining,Reinhard Kotucha,Siep Kroonenberg,and a cast of thousands.