Student Info

Name
Adam C. Baker
Email
adamc@uchicago.edu
Affiliation
University of Chicago
Department
Linguistics
Position
Graduate Student
Interests
Computers, Math, Logic, Semantics, Phonology, Syntax

Professional

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Installing LaTeX Packages on a Mac

The installation process, if I remember it correctly, involved me downloading iInstaller and using it to install gwTeX, then downloading TeXShop, then downloading some package I can't find at the moment that came with both. Basically, I messed around with a lot of stuff not quite knowing what I was doing, it ended up working, and I don't really know how I did it. Which unfortunately means that I won't be so helpful guiding others through the installation procedure.

One thing that did puzzle me was where I should put the packages I downloaded so that LaTeX would find them. For Mac users, LaTeX packages go in the ~/Library/texmf directory. For me that directory looks like this.

The Alternate text is mandatory

For those who may not speak Unix, this texmf folder is inside the Library folder inside your home folder. That latex folder inside the tex folder is where you want to put the packages you want LaTeX to use. Technically, LaTeX should find packages anywhere beneath the texmf, but it's recommended that you put them in the latex folder. You will probably have to create the tex and latex folders when you start.