MacTeX

MacTeX TeXnical Working Group, TeX Users Group · Full TeX Live distribution for Mac with LaTeX engines, packages, fonts and GUI tools including TeXShop, BibDesk, LaTeXiT and TeX Live Utility.

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Latest version2026.0324yesterday · Oct 7

Download size6.9GBarm64 / x86_64 · pkg

Release cadenceIrregular1 release in 30 days

System and architecture

System requirements: Not confirmed
Command line dependencies: ghostscript

Platform availability

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{
  "formula": [
    "ghostscript"
  ],
  "macos": {}
}

Tap: homebrew/cask
Also known as: MacTeX · mactex
Installer packages: mactex-20260324.pkg
Download URL: mirror.ctan.org/systems/mac/mactex/mactex-20260324.pkg
SHA-256: e30af0640f51979a…
Homebrew definition: github.com/homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/HEAD/Casks/m/mactex.rb
formulae.brew.sh: formulae.brew.sh/cask/mactex

Installation and removal contents

Uninstall uninstall

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{
  "uninstall": [
    {
      "delete": [
        "/Applications/TeX",
        "/etc/manpaths.d/TeX",
        "/etc/paths.d/TeX",
        "/Library/TeX",
        "/usr/local/texlive/2026"
      ],
      "pkgutil": [
        "org.tug.mactex.gui2026",
        "org.tug.mactex.texlive2026"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Install pkg

Source file: mactex-20260324.pkg

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{
  "pkg": [
    "mactex-20260324.pkg",
    {
      "choices": [
        {
          "attributeSetting": 0,
          "choiceAttribute": "selected",
          "choiceIdentifier": "org.tug.mactex.ghostscript10.07.0"
        },
        {
          "attributeSetting": 0,
          "choiceAttribute": "selected",
          "choiceIdentifier": "org.tug.mactex.ghostscript10.07.0-libgs"
        },
        {
          "attributeSetting": 0,
          "choiceAttribute": "selected",
          "choiceIdentifier": "org.tug.mactex.ghostscript10.07.0-mutool"
        },
        {
          "attributeSetting": 1,
          "choiceAttribute": "selected",
          "choiceIdentifier": "org.tug.mactex.gui2026"
        },
        {
          "attributeSetting": 1,
          "choiceAttribute": "selected",
          "choiceIdentifier": "org.tug.mactex.texlive2026"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Remove user data zap

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{
  "zap": [
    {
      "rmdir": "/usr/local/texlive",
      "trash": [
        "/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local",
        "~/Library/Application Scripts/*.fr.chachatelier.pierre.LaTeXiT",
        "~/Library/Application Scripts/fr.chachatelier.pierre.LaTeXiT.appex",
        "~/Library/Application Support/BibDesk",
        "~/Library/Application Support/com.apple.sharedfilelist/*/fr.chachatelier.pierre.latexit.sfl*",
        "~/Library/Application Support/com.apple.sharedfilelist/com.apple.LSSharedFileList.ApplicationRecentDocuments/texshop.sfl*",
        "~/Library/Application Support/LaTeXiT",
        "~/Library/Application Support/TeX Live Utility",
        "~/Library/Application Support/TeXShop",
        "~/Library/Caches/com.apple.helpd/Generated/edu.ucsd.cs.mmccrack.bibdesk.help*",
        "~/Library/Caches/com.apple.helpd/Generated/TeX Live Utility Help*",
        "~/Library/Caches/com.apple.helpd/Generated/TeXShop Help*",
        "~/Library/Caches/edu.ucsd.cs.mmccrack.bibdesk",
        "~/Library/Caches/fr.chachatelier.pierre.LaTeXiT",
        "~/Library/Caches/TeXShop",
        "~/Library/Containers/fr.chachatelier.pierre.LaTeXiT.appex",
        "~/Library/Cookies/edu.ucsd.cs.mmccrack.bibdesk.binarycookies",
        "~/Library/Cookies/fr.chachatelier.pierre.LaTeXiT.binarycookies",
        "~/Library/Group Containers/*.fr.chachatelier.pierre.LaTeXiT",
        "~/Library/HTTPStorages/fr.chachatelier.pierre.LaTeXiT",
        "~/Library/HTTPStorages/TeXShop",
        "~/Library/Preferences/edu.ucsd.cs.mmccrack.bibdesk.plist",
        "~/Library/Preferences/fr.chachatelier.pierre.LaTeXiT.plist",
        "~/Library/Preferences/TeXShop.plist",
        "~/Library/texlive",
        "~/Library/TeXShop",
        "~/Library/WebKit/fr.chachatelier.pierre.LaTeXiT",
        "~/Library/WebKit/TeXShop"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Caveats

You must restart your terminal window for the installation of MacTeX CLI
tools to take effect.

Alternatively, Bash and Zsh users can run the command:

  eval "$(/usr/libexec/path_helper)"