TaX — the Tiny arXiv TeX

TaX is a TeX distribution for macOS, following the minimalism of the excellent TinyTex.

It focuses on a few main points:

1. TaX installs the texlive distribution currently in use by arXiv. This guaranties that if your .tex files compile with TaX, they should compile without problems on the arXiv servers.

2. TaX never assumes you can type a password. It can thus be installed on guest sessions of computers you do not own.

3. Allow easy installation of extra packages with texliveonfly.

How can I get TaX?

Step 1: install TaX

Open a (Rosetta) Terminal and run

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dlejay/tax/trunk/install-macos.sh | sh

This will install TaX in ~/Library/Application Support.

Step 2: update your $PATH

If you are using zsh as your default shell, this can be done with:

echo '                              
# Add the Tiny arXiv TeX binaries to the PATH
export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/Library/"Application Support"/TaX/bin/x86_64-darwin' >> ${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/.zprofile
source ${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/.zprofile              

What if there is not enough in TaX?

If some packages are missing, you can either:

• Use texliveonfly as follows:

   texliveonly proof-of-reimann-hypothesis.tex
  

  and relax.

• Or, if texliveonfly fails, use tlmgr to search for the name of the missing package as in the example:

   tlmgr search --global --file putr8a.pfb
  

  and install the missing package as in:

   tlmgr install utopia
  

What if I don't want TaX anymore?

Simply remove the TaX folder

rm -rf ~/Library/"Application Support"/TaX

and clean your PATH.