Installing latex in mac is very easy if you want to install the full mactex package. But the only problem is it huge in size (~2GB). An alternative way to install the smaller mactex package. This will not install some files which might be needed for your .tex file to compile. If you compile by pdflatex it will give some warning like this ! LaTeX Error: File `footmisc.sty' not found. Type X to quit or to proceed, or enter new name. (Default extension: sty) Then you should paste this command in terminal sudo tlmgr install footmisc collection-fontsrecommended Similarly if pdflatex complain about any other missing .sty file then install that just using the above command. I couldn't install psboxit package in the way I described above. This is because psboxit is an absolute package and it is no longer available from the repository. To install this package i did this . cd /usr/local/texlive/2015basic/texmf-dist/tex/latex/ (In Fedora this path is