
- #TEX LIVE UTILITY MAC HOW TO#
- #TEX LIVE UTILITY MAC INSTALL#
- #TEX LIVE UTILITY MAC UPDATE#
- #TEX LIVE UTILITY MAC UPGRADE#

However, many people are not clear about these files, and some of these files cannot be found and removed smoothly especially for the basic Mac users.
#TEX LIVE UTILITY MAC INSTALL#
When install TeX Live Utility on the Mac, it will also bring many of its supported files to the Mac, including application support files, preferences, caches etc. Hard to uninstall TeX Live Utility from Mac? Don't know where the file is or where to start the removal? This post is all about the how-to guides to help you remove this program from Mac.

#TEX LIVE UTILITY MAC HOW TO#
#TEX LIVE UTILITY MAC UPGRADE#
#TEX LIVE UTILITY MAC UPDATE#
One other thing to understand is that TeXLive operates on a yearly distribution system, and by default the TL Utility will only update the current year's distribution. Sometimes you will see the following message:Īnd the installer itself will update first. Since MacTeX is installed using administrator permissions, you will also need to authenticate using an administrator account to update your distribution with TeX Live Utility. (Unless you know what you're doing, this is usually not the best option.) If you don't want to update or install everything, you can select particular items from the list with the mouse and then choose Update Selected Packages. Items in black are existing packages with updates available. Items in blue are new packages that don't yet exist in your distribution. You should do this immediately upon installing MacTeX for the first time, and then periodically thereafter.

When you do this you should see a window that looks like this: (the URL field in your window will be different from this one.)įrom here, you should usually choose Update All Packages from the Actions menu.

TeX Live Utility is not a general purpose package installer, but a tool to manage an existing TeX Live distribution (in your case, MacTeX). To to a large extent, once you have downloaded MacTeX itself you will not need to install any packages except to keep your distribution up-to-date, and for this you use TeX Live Utility.
