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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I was in a hurry, and didn't read the copious verbiage on TeX Live as directed by the TeX Live Utility when you have an out-of-date TeX Live install (I had 2010).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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Change the installation of TeX
I have updated my OS X to Mountain Lion, and am experiencing a problem. I have on my system two installations of TeX, namely MacTeX and TeXLive from macports. I am using only the first one, and the ...
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Getting pdfLaTeX ro run on new install (Mac OS X Lion) [closed]
New laptop, and attempting to set up TeXShop . I downloaded MacTeX, and attempted to install (using install-tl), but Terminal said I did not have permission. Found instructions to enable root user, ...
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How to repair path to updmap config files in MacTeX [closed]
I installed MacTeX 2012 on a freshly installed Mountain Lion. I now would have liked to install some special fonts (Trebuchet, Frutiger etc.). For that I made sure that all the font files are in
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Problem Installing APA6 [closed]
Hi there: I'm running MacTex 2011 on a Mac OS 10.6. I tried to install APA 6 and came across precisely this problem in How do I write a paper using APA6 format? Running pdftex on the apa6.dtx file ...
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How do I restore my TeX path?
I have an up-to-date installation of MacTeX (2012) on my machine, but a recent upgrade of my system software seems to have removed TeX from my path. TeX Live Utility recognizes my installation and ...
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How do I install psfig.sty in MacTeX?
I just installed MacTeX, and I'm trying to compile a document, but I get the following error:
! LaTeX Error: File `psfig.sty' not found.
The preamble is as follows:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
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How to install Beamer in Mac OS X lion?
I am brand new to LaTeX, and needed beamer package for my PowerPoint presentation.
How do I install it? I have read something like this: ...
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Why can't I install MacTeX or BasicTeX on my Mac?
I am a beginner for LaTeX and I was trying to install the package BasicTeX on my mac (version 10.7.3). Everything went well - downloading the .zip file from TUG, unarchiving--until I actually started ...
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TexShop and pdflatexmk: “env: perl: No such file or directory ”
on my (almost) freshly installed Mac with MacTex my TexShop cannot run the *mk scripts because of this error:
"env: perl: No such file or directory "
This is obviously a configuration issue with ...
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Do I need to run non-tlmgr tools each time I use Tex Live Utility to update Tex?
I've made some modifications to my TeX installation outside of the TeX Live Utility, which I use primarily, as a convenient way to keep my installation up to date. For example, I've added some fonts ...
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Can I install fonts from CTAN using TeX Live Utility?
I have the latest version of MacTeX installed, and want to add fonts from CTAN (or other packages) that are not part of the MacTeX distribution to my system. When I specify CTAN in TeX Live Utility as ...
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LaTeX for Mac (lion) 2011 - how to add cls file? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I add a .sty file to my TeXShop installation?
I'm trying to get into LaTeX and have to use a publisher provided cls file (and some tex and bst files) and try to ...
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Installing packages on Tex Live 2011 (Mac)
I have Tex Live 2011, and I'd like to install the longtable package. But I have a few problems:
Where do I get the packages? Is there a database with all the packages, somewhere?
Is there a guide on ...
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Problem Installing MacTeX-2011-1 on OSX 10.4.11
I have a problem installing the MacTeX-2011-1.mpkg on my macbook (OS X 10.4.11). The first few steps (like Software License Agreement etc.) are working, but when it comes to the "proper" installation ...
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Install a beta package from TLContrib on MacTeX 2011 TeX Live
I know this has been a question many times asked/answered.
But I have still difficulty to understand because TeX Live has different tree on Mac and is available also on Linux.
The question is ...
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How to install MacTeX on a network drive/file server
How do you install MacTeX on a network drive? The MacTeX installer does not give me the option to install to any other drive than the ones physically attached to my computer. I want to install the ...
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preview-latex does not function
Preview-latex installs, but doesn't actually preview. When I generate the preview from the source, all I see is... the source. For example, the math equations are highlighted, but not rendered.
Some ...
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Where is PATH modified to include /usr/texbin?
I've noticed that my PATH variable includes /usr/texbin, as it should, but I can't find any bash files that modified my PATH variable to include it. How did the TeXLive installation modify my PATH ...
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Uninstall MacTeX 2010
I'm about to upgrade to MacTeX 2011 by downloading the entire installer as described here.
So how do I uninstall MacTeX 2010 so that my system is as clean as though I haven't actually installed it?
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Installing tabu.sty with MacTeX 2010.
I use MacTeX 2010, and I need to install tabu.sty.
I run tlmgr to install the package, but without luck.
> sudo tlmgr install tabu.sty
tlmgr: package repository ...
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Trouble Installing MathTimes Pro 2 (MacTex)
I recently obtained the MathTimes Pro 2 font from PCTex, and I'm having some trouble getting it to work; I use MacTex 2010.
I've blindly followed the instructions posted on PCTex here: ...
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How do I install TikZ on a MacBook?
I have no knowledge of programming...
I have a MacBook OS10.6 with Tex Shop, updated...
after placing the zipped file into /Users/myname/Library/texmf/tex folder,
I open terminal in utilities and ...
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How do I add a .sty file to my MacTeX/TeXShop installation?
I've searched online, but I have not found any clear instructions how to permanently add .sty files to my TeXShop installation. I'm using a Mac with OSX (TeXShop is a mac only program).
What is the ...
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Difficulty installing moderncv on OS X
I am trying to install the moderncv package on my machine running Mac OS X 10.4. Here is what I have done:
Ran this:
% kpsewhich -var-value=TEXMFHOMEwhich returned:
/Users/jsummers/Library/texmf
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Automatic missing package download on the Mac
Is there a LaTeX distribution for the Mac which has or comes close to MiKTeX's ability to download missing packages automatically?
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How to keep my TeX Live installation up to date?
What is the recommended way to keep my TeX Live installation up to date? Is there any package manager (like MikTeX on Windows) that could help me with this?
If it helps I'm running on Mac OS X and my ...
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Why is the MacTeX distribution so large? Is there anything smaller for OS X?
I would like to know how to install LaTeX on Mac 10.6 or higher.
But the MacTeX is some 1.28 GB file! Is there a smaller distribution I could install?
What exactly is TeX Live?
