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Tutorial on installing BasicTeX
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Installing BasicTeX

This is a barebones setup to using TeX with matplotlib. Since the whole MacTeX package is ~4GB, and includes a lot of unnecessary binaries, it is better to install BasicTeX and install the packages as you seem fit.

The easiest way to install is by running brew cask install basictex and run which pdflatex to check whether it is installed. This should return a path with the location of the filepath. If it doesn't, then check if the /Library/TeX folder exists.

Finally, add the following to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile filepath: export PATH="/Library/TeX/texbin/:$PATH"

Adding packages

Now that you have installed BasicTeX properly, you need to install/add the following packages that matplotlib needs in order to generate the figures properly.

  1. type1cm
  2. dvipng
  3. etc.

These can be installed using tlmgr install <pkg-name>. Use sudo tlmgr install <pkg-name>if permission is denied.

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abir108 commented Mar 12, 2024

Thanks, it works!

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