If X11 is present, gs points to gs-X11 otherwise it points to gs-noX11. When Ghostscript is first installed, a symbolic link named gs is created in /usr/local/bin. Ghostscript comes with two binaries, gs-X11 and gs-noX11, where gs-X11 has support for X11 and gs-noX11 does not. In addition, the Ghostscript library libgs requires X11 (but notice that dvisvgm is the only TeX Live program using it). The TeX Live programs xdvi, pdfopen, and pdfclose require X11. If you installed MacTeX before upgrading XQuartz, just install the Ghostscript piece again. This is particularly important for users with Arm machines. If you use X11, you should update to the latest version of XQuartz, 2.8.5. Most Macintosh users can ignore it.Īn open source version of X11 called XQuartz is available for the Macintosh. X11 is an open source windowing system used by Linux systems. So it is not installed by default, but can be obtained using the "custom install" option in MacTeX. That library is used by only one program in TeX Live, dvisvgm. An optional package installs libgs, the dynamical library for Ghostscript. MacTeX installs Ghostscript, an open source version of Postscript. TeXShop, LaTeXiT, TeX Live Utility, and BibDesk. TeX Live is compiled from the same sources for all platforms: Macintosh, Windows, Linux, Unix. TeX Live is maintained by TeX User Groups across the world. MacTeX installs TeX Live, which contains TeX, LaTeX, AMS-TeX, and virtually every TeX-related style file and font. Go to "/Applications/TeX/READ ME FIRST.pdf" and read this short document to get started. MacTeX completely configures TeX, so after installation To switch, use the Configure menu item "Change Default TeX Live Version." Long ago we installed a Preference Pane which could do this switching, but this functionality is now in TeX Live Utility, which is in /Applications/TeX. Users who run into trouble can switch to the previous distribution until the new distribution is fixed. MacTeX does not overwrite the TeX distribution from the previous year. MacTeX installs the front end TeXShop in /Applications/TeX and most people will access TeX using that front end or a similar one. Typical users access TeX using a "front end", a program providing an editor to enter TeX source and a preview window to view the typeset output. This location is often hidden in the Finder. MacTeX installs TeX Live, the actual TeX distribution, in /usr/local/texlive/2023. The GUI programs we supply will automatically configure themselves. MacTeX writes a symbolic link /Library/TeX/texbin which indirectly points to the TeX Live binary directory. If other problems are reported during installation, skip to the section "Installation Errors" below. In all cases known to us, rebooting the Macintosh fixes this problem.
Users who use MacPorts or HomeBrew may prefer to use the Ghostscript provided by these projects if so they should use "Customize" to disable Ghostscript installation.Īt the end of installation, the installer will report "Success." But sometimes, the installer puts up a dialog saying "Verifying." and then the install hangs. Most users will take the standard installation and ignore "Customize". The final page also has a ''Customize" button, which leads to a panel allowing users to decide which pieces to install: Ghostscript, the Ghostscript Library, the GUI applications, and TeX Live itself.
#TEX LIVE UTILITY ICON SOFTWARE LICENSE#
It presents a Software License page, and then a Final Page clicking the "Install" button on this page will start the actual installation. Then it presents a ReadMe page with more information.
#TEX LIVE UTILITY ICON HOW TO#
READ ME FIRST installed there, which explains how to find and use LaTeX. When installation is complete, go to /Applications/TeX and read the document For instance, if you have MacTeX 2022, you can just drag the folder /usr/local/texlive/2022 to the trash.Īfter downloading, move the file MacTeX.pkg to the desktop or another convenient spot,Īnd double click it to install. It will be easy to eventually remove that earlier distribution. Your earlier distribution will remain and can be used in case you run into difficulties with the 2023 version. It is not necessary to remove earlier TeX distributions before installing MacTeX, because the distribution will be installed in a separate location /usr/local/texlive/2023.
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