You will need to download a distribution for your operating system, below are recommended distributions for the three major operating systems:ĭepending on the distribution you choose, the installer file sizes can often times be in the hundreds of megabytes or greater. Distributions include the compiler which interprets your code to produce a PDF document and a multitude of packages which add to the functionality of LaTeX. LaTeX (and the TeX backend) is obtained as part of what's called a distribution.
If you have decided you would like to learn LaTeX, or at least try it out, there are three things that you will need (two of which you likely already have).
The guide on this page is for those wanting to try LaTeX on their own computer. For a no-effort introduction to LaTeX, you might want to try the online LaTeX editor Overleaf.
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