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What's the difference between Homebrew formula `texlive` and cask `mactex`?
I've always used mactex but just realized that Homebrew has a formula called texlive. What's the difference?
Is texlive everything mactex contains except MacTeXtras, which includes "Additional ...
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Why can I not open MacTeX after I downloaded it and brought it to my desktop and I clicked on it twice?
I am trying to get Latex for the first time on my Mac sonoma 14.2. I succesfully downloaded MacTex and the package is on my desktop. I clip twice on it and it does not open. Installer appears. but ...
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TeXstudio default setting saves the .pdf and auxiliary files to a different location than the .tex file on a MacBook M2 Pro
I have recently transitioned from a Windows machine to Apple silicon. I have a MacBook M2 Pro.
I just installed TeXstudio on my MacBook. So, I was trying to create a document to see how it works out ...
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Can't install Texstudio 4.6.3 on my M2 MacBook Pro?
I recently transitioned from Windows to apple silicon. I have a MacBook M2 Pro. I am trying to download Texstudio 4.6.3 on my machine. However, when I double click on the downloaded Texstudio file, I ...
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How do I set the TeXLive system font path for fontspec on macOS?
MacTeX / TeXlive 2021 on macOS 10.15.7
I'm trying without luck to use Times New Roman via the fontspec package.
I've read that:
fc-list : family | sort
will produce a list of system fonts that I ...
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Why exactly does Biber need Command Line Tools?
When I went to MacTeX 2023 and I ran Biber for the first time, TeXShop told me I had to install the Command Line Tools. I did and everything works without problems.
However, I have been wondering for ...
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Printing LaTeX Made PDFs in MacOS -- Preview doesn't See Fonts?
This is a follow up to a previous question.
I use pandoc to create PDFs from markdown files, which uses pdflatex behind the scenes. After a bunch of system upgrades, the type in my printed PDFs ...
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Is it possible to use tlmgr to install required LaTeX packages in macOS 13.2
I do not want to install the full TeX Live in macOS 13.2 with an M1 chip, I just want to use this command:
tlmgr install scheme-small
to install only required packages with minimal disk usage. Is it ...
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Mactex mirror broken
just today I got my very first macbook (macbook air M2 base model) with Ventura 13.3. I'm a mathematician so I really need Latex asap on my computers. I was going to download mactex and then texstudio,...
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unable to use bib file in ~/Library/texmf
I have a Zotero.bib folder in my local texmf folder /Users/jumpdiffusion/Library/texmf. Somehow kpsewhich is not able to locate that bib file. Here is a terminal session with outputs.
work/tmp/...
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can't find pdflatex
I just upgraded to a new laptop with OS X 11.4 (Big Sur), and now I can't convert LaTeX/Markdown files to PDF anymore. Trying to convert using pandoc produces the following error:
pandoc: pdflatex not ...
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TexShop began crashing…
I've used LaTex steadily over many years now, with TexShop. Today, when I tried to use for first time in a while, it crashed repeatedly. I've updated MacTex to 2021 and independently downloaded the ...
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Updating tlmgr on macOS Big Sur
I installed macOS Big Sur (11.1) on my MacBook Pro as well as BasicTeX and I am trying to update tlmgr by running sudo tlmgr update --self but an error occurs. I guess the main message is that only ...
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Installing a local font on MacTex 2020 on Catalina
[Background: having run out of space and patience, I wiped my system drive and reinstalled Catalina from zero. I am now reinstalling all the applications I still use, one by one.]
I installed MacTex ...
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Matlab2tikz - TeX Capacity Exceeded - Trying to Run `lualatex` Command
I have been creating vector graphics with the matlab2tikz tool and got the error message ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [main memory size=5000000]. As I found out on the matlab2tikz github page page I ...
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