Example
You can choose between major distributions of LaTeX:
- TeX Live (Windows, Linux, and OS X), the standard, cross-platform distribution.
- MacTeX (Mac) A packaged version of TeX Live made for OS X with some Mac-specific tools
- MiKTeX (Windows) A separate distribution entirely that
All distributions are more or less equivalent in an ideal world. TeX Live has the advantage of being available on all platforms and thus has much better community support. MiKTeX can take advantage of Windows-specific features. For licensing reasons, MiKTeX will also distribute a few packages that TeX Live will not.
In all cases, the full install is recommended. Specifically, using MiKTeX's download-on-command feature will hang/crash many editors.
Installation
Windows (TeXLive)
On a Windows PC and on Ubuntu, it is Ctrl+Right arrow On Mac OS X it is Command+Right arrow ⌘+⇒ It can be changed to Tab (⇥), but this is by default. 16 Host support macOS Guest Support Windows apps in the Mac Dock One- Click SSH to Linux VM Metal. ProTeXt adds the TeXStudio front end to MiKTeX. Download TeXstudio AppImage Mac OS X: Platform Version Type Size How to install; 10.14+ 4.0.0: dmg: 42.7 MB: download, and start it. Please note: Because we do not have an Apple Developer Account, OS X may complain about an unidentified developer and deny opening TXS. In that case, open the context menu on the TXS icon (Ctrl + Click) and select. KLatexFormula runs natively on most Linux distributions, Mac OS X and Windows. To run KLatexFormula, you will additionally need: A LaTeX installation, quite obviously. On Linux, LaTeX is most certainly in your distribution packages. Look for packages named “texlive”. On Mac OS X, you can install MacTeX. On Windows, you can install MikTeX. Jan 06, 2021 MiKTeX for Mac is distributed as a disk image (.dmg ) file. Download TeXstudio AppImage Mac OS X: Platform Version Type Size How to install; 10.14+ 3.0.1: dmg: 42.7 MB: download, and start it.
- Download the most recent TeXLive
install-tl-windows.exefrom their website. - Run
install-tl-windows.exeand follow the instructions.
Windows (MiKTeX)

- Download the most recent MiKTeX installer from their website.
- Run the installer and follow the instructions.
Mac OS X (TeXLive)
- Download the most recent MacTeX from their website.
- Run
MacTeX.pkgand follow the instructions.
Linux (TeXLive)
Linux users have two options:
- Install via your distribution's package manager (usually several releases behind)
- Install from upstream (released yearly, updated often)
Using Package Managers
- Arch Linux:
pacman -S texlive-most - Debian/Ubuntu/Mint:
apt-get install texlive-full - Fedora:
yum install texlive
Note that using this method means that you will be dependent on that package's maintainer for the distribution for updates. These packages will often be several releases behind the most recent distribution, often meaning critical updates will be missing. It's almost always best to install from upstream. Also note that the distribution's package manager will probably not recognize the direct installation and could try to install it when one installs other related support packages.
Installing from Upstream
Download the most recent TeXLive
install-tl-unx.tar.gzfrom their website.Extract the files from the archive with
tar -zxvf install-tl-unx.tar.gz.Change into the downloaded folder with
cd install-tl-unx.Run
./install-tland follow the instructions.TeXLive should now be installed under
/usr/local/texlive/YEAR/, whereYEARis the four digit year (e.g.2016). In this way, it is possible to have multiple TeXLive versions alongside each other and switch between them by changing your PATH variable.Open this folder and check the
binfolder. It should contain a subfolder, which (depending on your platform) will be something likei386-linuxorx86_64-linux.Add the TeX Live binary folder to your path with
where
YEARis the four digit year (e.g.2016), andPLATFORMis your platform (e.g.x86_64-linux).
Test Installation
The LaTeX installation is now complete. To test it, create a new file with your favorite text editor, name it test.tex and add the following content:
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Now, open the console or terminal, navigate to the folder where you saved test.tex and run
(Note that your editor may have facilities to run this for you.)
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This creates several new files, including test.pdf. This is the output document, and looks like this:

Congratulations, you have successfully installed LaTeX, and created your first LaTeX document!
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