installing latex & texmaker
if you want to write tex / latex files, there are two components you need: first a editor, and second the latex engine.
the editor can be any basic texteditor such as vim or emacs, or it can be more specified for the task of creating latex files, such as texshop, itexmac or texmaker. i will concentrate on texmaker and give here a detailled installing instruction.
you can get the latex engine with fink, or also with i-installer, which i will use here.
download (make sure you go for the II2.dmg and not the source code from sourceforge.net), copy to your hard drive, launch the i-installer. close the welcome dialog (dismiss) and select "known packages i-directory..." from the i-package menu. select the tex package and click "open i-package". in the new window that opens you choose the button "install & configure", and most probably a basic installation will do. also the 2004 version is your best choice.
for the texmaker editor, you best get the binary package for os 10.3 from www.xm1math.net/texmaker/, and follow the instructions on the website - untar, go to the directory, launch
if you get the "could not start the command" error when trying to build a latex file, then you should execute the ADDTEXPATH.sh script, logout and back in again. if it still doesn't work then, you probably have no latex engine installed, see the beginning of this entry.
if the texmaker binary doesn't work for you, you might want to checkout the entry to compile texmaker from scratch.
the editor can be any basic texteditor such as vim or emacs, or it can be more specified for the task of creating latex files, such as texshop, itexmac or texmaker. i will concentrate on texmaker and give here a detailled installing instruction.
you can get the latex engine with fink, or also with i-installer, which i will use here.
download (make sure you go for the II2.dmg and not the source code from sourceforge.net), copy to your hard drive, launch the i-installer. close the welcome dialog (dismiss) and select "known packages i-directory..." from the i-package menu. select the tex package and click "open i-package". in the new window that opens you choose the button "install & configure", and most probably a basic installation will do. also the 2004 version is your best choice.
for the texmaker editor, you best get the binary package for os 10.3 from www.xm1math.net/texmaker/, and follow the instructions on the website - untar, go to the directory, launch
sudo sh INSTALL.sh.if you get the "could not start the command" error when trying to build a latex file, then you should execute the ADDTEXPATH.sh script, logout and back in again. if it still doesn't work then, you probably have no latex engine installed, see the beginning of this entry.
if the texmaker binary doesn't work for you, you might want to checkout the entry to compile texmaker from scratch.
