Matteo Corti — LaTeX on Mac OS X

The UNIX way

1. Install X11 for Mac OS X (you can find it on your OS DVDs)
2. Install MacPorts (instructions)
3. Using your favorite terminal application install tetex (the default terminal application is located in your "Applications/Utilities" folder, you just need to type the commands after the $ sign and follow the instructions):

   $ sudo port install tetex
   		

4. You now have a working LaTeX compiler. Try to compile a LaTeX text file with

   $ latex my_nice_document.tex
   		

5. You now might want to install some additional tools:
   • A text editor. For example XEmacs ($ sudo port install xemacs). You can then configure it using my hints.
   • A PostScript viewer as gv ($ sudo port install ghostscript gv)
   • A spell checker as GNU ispell ($ sudo port install ispell)

The Mac way

• TeXShop
• iTeXMac

References

• TeX on Mac OS X
• The not so Short Introduction to LaTeX2e by Thobias Oetiker