UCSD Mathematics: TeX/LaTeX for Mac OS X

New to TeX/LaTeX? After you download and install the below software, peruse The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX 2e.

If you want a TeX/LaTeX typesetting system for your own personally-owned Mac OS X computer like the one used on the UCSD Mathematics Department computers, the application programs you need are:

  1. MacTeX - TeX/LaTeX system (includes TeXShop/TeXworks)   (FREE)
    http://www.tug.org/mactex/

  2. Adobe Acrobat Reader - PDF file viewer   (FREE)
    http://get.adobe.com/reader/

To update the individual applications included with the MacTeX package:

  1. TeXShop - TeX-aware editor and GUI frontend/IDE shell
    http://pages.uoregon.edu/koch/texshop/

  2. TeXworks - TeX-aware editor and GUI frontend/IDE shell
    http://www.tug.org/texworks/

  3. BibDesk - bibliography manager
    http://bibdesk.sourceforge.net/

  4. Excalibur - LaTeX-aware spell checker
    http://excalibur.sourceforge.net/

  5. LaTeXiT - equation editor utility
    http://pierre.chachatelier.fr/latexit/latexit-home.php?lang=en

Other TeX/LaTeX Systems for Mac OS X

  1. CTAN's TeX Systems for Mac OS X
    http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/mac/

  2. OzTeX  (SHAREWARE)
    http://www.trevorrow.com/oztex/

  3. CMacTeX  (FREE)
    http://www.kiffe.com/cmactex.html

  4. TeXnicle  (FREE)
    http://www.bobsoft-mac.de/texnicle/texnicle.html

  5. Archimedes  (COMMERCIAL)
    http://www.mattrajca.com/archimedes/

  6. BaKoMa TeX  (COMMERCIAL)
    http://www.bakoma-tex.com/

  7. Scientific WorkPlace  (COMMERCIAL)
    http://www.mackichan.com/

Standalone PostScript and DVI Viewers

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