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About TeX Distributions

TeX Distributions are collections of processors, macros libraries and fonts that help you typeset your documents.

You can obtain them from various sources either free or commercial. They are basically the same and may differ on some limited area and program version.

On Mac OS X, there is basically one distributions. MacTeX is an all-in-one package wrapping the TeXLive distribution and the necessary tools to run TeX with a minimum of comfort.

As the various tools and libraries improve, the TeX distributions are updated, in general once a year. The TeX Distribution preference pane will help you choose the distribution that best fits your needs.

Open:

the TeX Distribution preference pane

See also:

the MacTeX distributions.

More:

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