MacTeX is an open source TeX distribution for Mac OS X.
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Branding issue with MacTeX 2013?
After learning that TeX Live 2013 was released this Tuesday June 18, I downloaded the new MacTeX. I am just a bit puzzled though:
The MacTeX homepage clearly presents the download as MacTeX-2013, ...
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LaTeX cannot find my personal packages
I'm venturing into writing my own packages, but LaTeX is not finding them.
I working on a iMac OS X, but I don't want to use TEXMFHOME=~/Library/texmf. I would like to put my packages in a different ...
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Installing eqexam package for use with Sublime Text 2 [duplicate]
I am looking to utilize the eqexam package, yet even after putting the .sty files in my /usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/latex directory with the appropriate /eqexam folder . I am still unable ...
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“Log file not found” error with MacTeX and Texmaker
I have recently installed MacTeX.pkg (http://tug.org/mactex/) as well as Texmaker.
I have this famous "Log file not found" problem, and I'm still stuck with it even thought I have already checked ...
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Error: could not start the command in Texmaker when I run makeindex
I'm trying to create a nomenclature but I'm getting the following error when I run makeindex:
Error: Could not start the command
This error appears even with this basic example:
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pstricks in MacTeX
I got a new Mac with OS X 10.8.3 and installed MacTeX-2012, but pstricks doesn't seem to work now. Before I used (plain) TeX and chose the TeX and DVI typesetting option. When I looked for help in ...
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How to install dictionaries in Excalibur?
When installing MacTeX it comes with a LaTeX spell checker, Excalibur. The homepage has links to download dictionaries in different languages: I'm interested in the Spanish one. My problem is that ...
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MacTex-2010 installer hanging
I'm installing MacTex-2010 on my PowerBook (yes, that's PPC) running OSX 10.5.8. It has almost finished, but now it has been doing this for over half an hour:
and system monitor says this:
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LyX: Question mark [?] instead of reference number after installing new .bst file
Hello I'm new in using LyX 2.0.6 with MacTex, and I'd try to import a citation style (file named plos2009.bst from http://www.ploscompbiol.org/static/latexGuidelines) into the BibTex style folder.
I ...
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Problems with xindy and glossaries
I'm having a bit of a problem creating a glossary.
I'm working with a MacBook using Mountain Lion OS 10.8.3, I've installed MacTeX 2012 and details about xindy are:
xindy release: 2.4
xindy script ...
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How can I tell TeX Live Utility where my TeX distribution is?
So, I was in a hurry, and didn't read the copious verbiage on TeX Live as directed by the TeX Live Utility when you have an out-of-date TeX Live install (I had 2010).
So, I'm comfortable with the ...
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Problems installing BasicTex on Mac OS [closed]
I was following this tutorial to install BasicTex. Running latex command immediately returns without any warning or error. My environment variables are:
$ echo $PATH
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Error trying to install a new document class on Mac [closed]
I'm using LaTeX to write a thesis for my University, and have to use a special premade document class (rtthesis). However, I can't find a way to install this document class. I've tried typesetting ...
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Limit a section to a number of pages?
Is there a way I can limit a section to a specific number of pages ?
For example, I am currently in a section that must not exceed two pages, however I have not completed the previous section, so I ...
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How to include symlinked graphics with spaces?
I symlink to images and reference the symlink in the code. This works well as long the filename ends in an extension. However, the method I use to create symlinks creates symlinked files with the ...
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Include image by pointing to alias
For my document I have an image folder that holds my images. For this example I will assume the following situation:
Original image path: ~/Matlab/filename.pdf
Image folder path: ~/Latex/images
Alias ...
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hf-tikz.sty package installation on mountain lion
I want to install LaTeX on Mountain Lion and want to use some highlighting in my text for which I am using hf-tikz.sty package. I installed MacTeX and Texmaker on Mountain Lion but the package hf-tikz ...
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Problem with pdflatex and dviopt [closed]
I just reinstalled my latex distribution: earlier I used MacTeX Basic with some extensions. Now I am using MacTeX full (comparable to TexLive Full). Since the switch, I suddenly have a different ...
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Tex Live for Mac (MacTex) has font problems (reinstalled every time)
I have significant font problems with my MacLive Distibution: some packages I am using in a document seem to have special font demands, so there is nothing I can do about it.
What is happening:
- I ...
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error during pdflatex; geometry-eps-converted-to.pdf' not found
When running pdflatex the following errors occurred:"
! Package pdftex.def Error: File `geometry-eps-converted-to.pdf' not found.
! Package pdftex.def Error: File `force-eps-converted-to.pdf' not ...
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Using the erdc package on Mac OS X
I have the MacTeX-2012 Distribution installed on my MacBook Pro running OS X 10.8.3 Mountain Lion. Opening TeX Live Update, I see that the erdc package is installed. However, as stated erdc.pdf, ...
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new command, pfgkeys within pfgplots axis environment
I am trying to setup an command to create technical drawing dimensions (inspiration from Dimensioning of a technical drawing in TikZ).
I would like to use pgfkeys for that, in order to pass multiple ...
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Please can someone explain to me how I can add a class! [duplicate]
I am a non-technical user. I use LaTeX to type up stuff and that's it. What I want to do is make posters like from this website. http://www.brian-amberg.de/uni/poster/
I think this gives me a new ...
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pdflatex cannot be found [closed]
I have read the many posts on this topic already, but I have had zero success with all of the solutions. Just purchased a macbook (OSX 10.8.2) and used the mactex package to run the standard install. ...
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I've downloaded and redownloaded MacTeX now whenever I try to run anything I'm getting an error that there is some file “pdflatex” missing [closed]
I'm an absolute noob at LaTeX but I want to learn, so I downloaded exactly the files all the blogs and forums tell you to and haven't done a thing to them, but for some reason I can't compile ...
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“dashdotted” command not working for tikz package [closed]
I am trying to create pictures of graphs in TikZ in which I'd like some edges to be dashdotted. I am using TeXShop on both my office computer (Mac) and my personal laptop (Mac), and the file is ...
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Bibdesk import article information
I am working on my thesis and this includes a number of articles downloaded from various academic resources.
When doing this hardly any citation information is coming along with the papers and i have ...
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How to install a package in mactex? [duplicate]
I am using mactex on osx.
I wanted to do a smartdiagram
\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
\smartdiagramset{circular distance=4cm, font=\large, text width=2.5cm,
module minimum ...
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Revtex4-1 with prl option doesn't show email address
I have a strange problem. I'm running latest MacTeX on Mountain Lion 10.8.2. When I compose an article using revtex4-1 with prl as document class option, it doesn't display my email address while if I ...
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Installing longtable package on mac [closed]
I'm trying to install the longtable package on my Mac (OSX 10.7.5).
I have the TeXLive-2012 distribution (from http://www.tug.org/mactex/).
In the TeX Live Utility, I can't see the longtable ...
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Texlua not be recognized [closed]
I have the exactly same problem like in the question Font installation woes - TeXShop on a Mac:
I'd like to install the nonfreefonts package, but I can not do the command texlua. My terminal says ...
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How to change the Find Panel in TexShop?
I run a TexShop v3.11 on a Mac OSX 10.8.2. The find panel of TexShop is set to be Ogrekit in Preferences. Then I quit TexShop and reopened it. But, when I use cmd+F in my editing document, the find ...
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How to highlight multi places in TexShop by using ctrl+f?
In the previous version of TexShop, when I use ctrl+f in the edit environment, the FIND window will highlight several places that match the content I searched. But in the new version of the TexShop ...
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Updating pgfplots
I am using Latex in MacOsx Lion. My current version of pgfplots is 1.4.1 which I want to upgrade to 1.7. I really do not know how to install version 1.7. Any help ?
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Getting started with LaTeX - Advice needed for Mac OS X
I heard from a friend that LaTeX is much better than MS Word to write my University's dissertation on. I don't really understand why bother writing an essay in code if Word automatically does that for ...
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MacTex 2012Basic cannot find installed packages
In an attempt to save valuable space on a 128GB SSD drive, I endeavored to replace my full 2012 MacTex texlive install (>3.5GB) with 2012Basic (270MB!). I understand that packages are not installed ...
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What are the practical differences between installing LaTeX from MacTeX or MacPorts/Homebrew?
When I started using a unix based system it was very natural to install MacTeX, since the installation of it is more "windows-like", though the installation package is huge. Later I was introduced to ...
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Where can I find small2e.tex and sample2e.tex in the MacTex installation?
I cannot seem to find these files. I am trying to learn LaTeX again many years after I stopped using it on a regular basis, and wanted to start with these files as a reference.
I have searched with ...
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How to run this template of latex in a Mac OS TexLive?
CASthesis-v0.2.zip
Above is a template for writing thesis in Chinese. (Fortunately, there is not very much Chinese content in this template.) It works well on a Windows machine. But when I run it on ...
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Can I modify equations created by LaTeXiT in Mac Word?
Using LaTeXiT to create an equation and insert in Mac Word is very easy and convenient. However, can I modify the equation I already inserted?
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I just downloaded MacTeX and TeXmaker and I am trying to quickbuild my first document in TeXmaker but it says cannot find log file? [closed]
I just downloaded MacTeX and TeXmaker and I am trying to quickbuild my first document in TeXmaker but It says cannot find log file?
All of my settings are defaults. I am wondering how I need to setup ...
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Insert annotations using XeTeX and BibTeX / BibLaTeX in MacTeX 2012
I have the following problem. My .tex file (see below) works in MacTeX 2011 without problems (build it using XeLaTeX => BibTeX => XeLaTeX). After I updated from MacTeX 2011 to MacTeX 2012 it doesn't ...
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How to configure Texmaker to work on Mac with MacTeX?
I installed Texmaker for mac and download MacTeX and installed this .zip:
I couldn't find the files in /usr/ or /bin/.
What are the preferences I should enter in these cells? Please give me the ...
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TeXShop not creating Bibliography .aux file using MacTeX [closed]
I usually use TeXnicCenter on Windows 7 for my LaTeX documents. I've recently began using TeXShop on my Mac after downloading MacTeX.
The problem I'm having is in creating my bibliography. TeXShop ...
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Xindy, french, UTF-8 and Mac
I'am on MacOsX with a MacTeX installation.
I would like to use xindy to automatically make an index of my bibliographical references, which can have some diacritics.
I work with XeLaTeX, so in ...
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Failure in installing MacTeX
I've used LaTeX many times on Unix and MS Windows, but am sitting at a Mac (OS X 10.6.8) at the moment and need to latex something. So I tried installing MacTeX 2012. After the installation program ...
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Mac OS LaTeX install not compiling bibliography
I have recently installed LaTeX on my Mac using the standard MacTeX package. I have 2 documents (my thesis and a paper I'm writing) and I have tried to compile both.
Neither will compile the ...
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Can't install MacTeX error on validating packages [closed]
I am trying to install MacTex that i downloaded from http://www.tug.org/mactex/ but when i am installing it gets a error message "The installation failed" i don't know what to do.
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Instant preview and Vi commands for LaTeX on a Mac?
I have Sublime Text 2 and Skim installed along with MacTeX and LaTeXTools on my Macbook. I think this setting is really great, especially because Sublime Text 2 supports Vi commands via the 'Vintage ...
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vim and the Makefile
I'm trying to use a Makefile to compile latex files within vim (and update the view of my current pdf file within my favourite viewer). Here is a little example (I'd like to expand that lateron):
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