Installing TeX
Lemmata uses the TeX distribution on your computer to build PDFs: TeX Live, or MiKTeX on Windows. If it can't find one, it shows these same instructions on first launch.
Recommended ≈1.2 GB
Covers almost every paper, thesis and slide deck.
sudo pacman -S --needed texlive-basic texlive-latex texlive-latexrecommended texlive-latexextra texlive-fontsrecommended texlive-bibtexextra texlive-binextra texlive-mathscience biberFull ≈5.6 GB
Every package, so missing-package prompts never come up.
sudo pacman -S --needed texlive texlive-lang biberRecommended ≈1.1 GB
Covers almost every paper, thesis and slide deck.
sudo apt install texlive-latex-extra texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-bibtex-extra texlive-science latexmk biberFull ≈7 GB
Every package, so missing-package prompts never come up.
sudo apt install texlive-fullRecommended ≈1 GB
Covers almost every paper, thesis and slide deck.
sudo dnf install texlive-scheme-medium latexmk biberFull ≈6 GB
Every package, so missing-package prompts never come up.
sudo dnf install texlive-scheme-fullRecommended ≈1 GB
Covers almost every paper, thesis and slide deck.
sudo zypper install texlive-scheme-medium texlive-latexmk biberFull ≈6 GB
Every package, so missing-package prompts never come up.
sudo zypper install texlive-scheme-fullRecommended ≈5 GB
Covers almost every paper, thesis and slide deck.
brew install --cask mactex-no-guiFull ≈6 GB
Every package, so missing-package prompts never come up.
brew install --cask mactexInstall ≈200 MB, installs packages on demand
winget install MiKTeX.MiKTeXMiKTeX installs missing packages the first time a document needs them. TeX Live works too: download install-tl-windows.exe from the link.
Install
Install TeX Live from https://tug.org/texlive/quickinstall.html
What Lemmata does on first launch
- It looks for TeX on your
PATHand in the usual install folders, including/Library/TeX/texbinon macOS and/usr/local/texlive. - If it finds nothing, it shows the command for your system. Open terminal puts that command in a terminal and waits for you to press Enter. Lemmata never installs anything or runs
sudoby itself. - When the install has finished, click Check again. If TeX is somewhere unusual, choose its
binfolder instead.
What it checks for
latexmkpdflatexRequired.synctexRecommended. Without it, jumping between PDF and source is off.biberbibtexRecommended, for bibliographies.xelatexlualatexRecommended, for documents that need these engines.
Missing recommended tools are listed but don't stop you. TeX Live older than 2022 gets a warning but still works.
Missing a package later?
When a document needs a package you don't have, the Problems panel names the exact command that installs it, for example sudo pacman -S texlive-pictures or tlmgr install pgfplots. MiKTeX installs missing packages by itself when auto-install is on, which is the default.