TeX Live
The reference cross-platform TeX and LaTeX distribution.
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2 more ways to get TeX Live
Package managers
- Chocolatey
choco install texlive - Homebrew
brew install texlive
About TeX Live
TeX Live provides a comprehensive TeX system with binaries for Linux, macOS and Windows, thousands of packages, fonts and the tlmgr package manager for keeping them current. It is the distribution most Linux packages and documentation assume.
Strengths
- Comprehensive package coverage with its own package manager
- The same distribution on Linux, macOS and Windows
Limitations
- A full installation is several gigabytes
- Annual releases mean packaged versions can lag upstream
Details
- Pricing
- FreeThe open-source distribution is available without a license fee.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- TeX Users Group
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- The reference cross-platform TeX and LaTeX distribution
- Categories
- Office tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the TechWalrus Resource Hub (PDF & Documents); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 2 sources on file.