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I have tried to follow the advice given here, but am not able to do anything with the files that are contained in the downloaded folder:

Install LaTeX on Mac OS Lion 10.7.5

There is only one file that seems readable, but it is for UNIX--and I just get lost after opening that one from the downloaded folder. I am not at all good at this; so, apologies in advance.

Thanks for your attention.

rik
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You need to use the Terminal for this. Don't worry, it's not difficult.

I'm doing the exact steps listed below on a Mac with OS X 10.5, but they're the same with OS X 10.7.

  1. Open the Terminal
  2. Type in cd followed by the Return key
  3. Type in mkdir texlive && cd texliveReturn
  4. Go to Safari and to http://tug.org/texlive/acquire-netinstall.html
  5. Click on the link install-tl-unx.tar.gz
  6. When the download is complete, go back to the Terminal
  7. Type in mv ~/Downloads/install-tl-unx.tar.gz .Return (don't forget the trailing period)
  8. Type in tar zxf install-tl-unx.tar.gzReturn
  9. Type in lsReturn

  10. This should show something like

    install-tl-20171211   install-tl-unx.tar.gz

    The date in the first name could be different

  11. Type in cd install-tl-20171211Return (using the precise name you got in the previous step)
  12. Type in sudo perl install-tlReturn
  13. You will be asked for your password, type it in and hit Return

  14. You should see many lines appearing, ending with

    Actions:
 <I> start installation to hard disk
 <P> save installation profile to 'texlive.profile' and exit
 <H> help
 <Q> quit

Enter command:

    with a black rectangle on the last line

  15. Type in IReturn

  16. Wait until the installation is complete
  17. Type in export PATH=/usr/local/texlive/2017/bin/i386-darwin:$PATHReturn

  18. Type in tex --versionReturn You should get

    TeX 3.14159265 (TeX Live 2017)
kpathsea version 6.2.3
Copyright 2017 D.E. Knuth.
There is NO warranty.  Redistribution of this software is
covered by the terms of both the TeX copyright and
the Lesser GNU General Public License.
For more information about these matters, see the file
named COPYING and the TeX source.
Primary author of TeX: D.E. Knuth.

Now setup TeXShop or TeXworks to look in the directory /usr/local/texlive/2017/bin/i386-darwin and you should be OK.

egreg
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