Ghostscript is not required for pdfLaTeX or XeTeX, but is often TeXShop, a front end: TeXShop LaTeXiT, a package which typesets equations to be pasted into Keynote, etc.: LaTeXiT TeX Live Utility, a program to update and maintain TeX Live: TeX Live Utility BibDesk, a program to handle bibliographies: BibDesk Ghostscript 9.55 from MacTeX These programs are often updated, so it is best to get them directlyįrom their respective web pages. The GUI section of MacTeX contains four front ends and utilities. GUI Programs and Documentation from MacTeX It contains all of the standard tools needed to write TeX documents, including TeX, LaTeX, pdfTeX, MetaFont, dvips, MetaPost, and XeTeX. To make life easier for users who want to use BasicTeX instead of the full TeX Live, we include links below to various pieces ofīasicTeX was designed for easy download by users with limited download speed. To use TeX on the Mac, it suffices to install BasicTeX and a front end. BasicTeX does not overwrite the full distribution it is installed in /usr/local/texlive/2022basic.īasicTeX only contains the TeX Live piece of the full distribution it does not contain GUI programs or Ghostscript. The daunting task of searching for missing components and figuring out how to install them in the TeX distribution.īasicTeX is a much smaller alternate TeX Distribution for users who do not want to download the full TeX Live, or have unreliable internet connections. It contains all files most users ever need. TUG recommends the full MacTeX, even for beginners.

The Ghostscript library libgs, used by only one program in TeX Live, dvisvgm. TeX Live 2022: the full distribution with over 4 gigabytesĪnd a small amount of startup documentation. The full MacTeX-2022 install package contains four pieces ** Smaller Download ** All Packages Below Require macOS 10.14, Mojave, or Higher

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