TeX Live and MacTeX ⇒ Can't figure out where Mactex installed Texlive

[texuser12345]

Hi everyone. I'm new to this and I was hoping someone could halp me out. I can't seem to figure out where Mactex installed texlive on my computer. I installed mactex from here http://tug.org/mactex/ but cannot find where it put texlive; it is not under applications/tex. The texlive utility is there, but not the actal program.

Any help is much appreciated!!

[Stefan Kottwitz]

TeX Live is not a program but a collection of TeX related programs. Perhaps look for TeXshop or TeXworks in your applications, those are TeX editors contained in MacTeX.

Stefan

[Juanjo]

The TeX Live bundle is located somewhere in your file system, exactly at /usr/local/texlive. This page explains the contents of the MacTeX distribution. To know precisely what is installed by MacTeX and where it goes, follow the link "What Is Installed".

[texuser12345]

Thanks you guys. So there is no program called texlive? So TexShop is pretty much the best I can do as far as a GUI for osx? It seems so far inferior to something like MikTex for windows. What a bummer, almost makes me want to install parallels!

Anyways, guess I'll stick with Texshop. Thanks again!

[Stefan Kottwitz]

So there is no program called texlive?

That's correct. That's the name of the TeX distribution, i.e. software collection. Also MiKTeX is the name of that Windows specific distribution, it's not a program.

What's the name if the program you used?

So TexShop is pretty much the best I can do as far as a GUI for osx?

Many people like this GUI. Of course you can use other GUIs, such as TeXworks (probably also installed) or Texmaker, which is a more complex GUI with many features. There's even a Kile port.

It seems so far inferior to something like MikTex for windows.

Why do you think this? What do you miss?

What a bummer, almost makes me want to install parallels!

Why not, so you can even run Linux with TeX Live on your Mac.

Stefan

[texuser12345]

Sorry stephan, I just had a total brain fart. What I meant was that I was looking for something user friendly like TeXnicCenter that is on windows. It has all those toolbars that really help when I can't think of the command for a certain symbol or character.

Thanks!

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Texmaker, TeXstudio and Kile are such extensive GUIs, running also on a Mac, have a look at their homepages. The last one is probably hard to install, the first one easy.

Stefan

[texuser12345]

Awesome. I guess I should have some asking how to get a user friendly mac gui. Thanks for your help Stefan!

[Juanjo]

Well, there are more free editors: TeXworks (already installed by the MacTeX distribution), TeXnicle, AlphaX, etc. In the Apple Store you may find TeXpad and Latexian.