My situation is as follows. I have been using LyX and MyKteX happily on a window machine for some time, but now have a mAc with oSx (snow leoparD 10.6) in which I want to install tEX etc....I would classify myself as an intermediate level TEX user, neither beginner, nor expert. e.g. I use lYx mostly, but I work in "pure" TeX "every so often".
I have read here http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/70091/focus=70430 that it is possible to install basIctEx and Lyx, and that they *mostly* work together, except that "every so often" one has a bit of difficulty finding which package is missing, if one is. In my lYx setup on windows, it automatically installs missing packages "on the fly". I don't remember if this is lyX that does this, or miKTex that controls this. But, as a result, I really haven't ever had to worry too much about missing packages for some time, and my distribution is now pretty much where I need it to be. I would like to get to that point on my maC as well. Is installing missing packages on the fly an option on the Mac? If not, is installing missing packages really much different on the mac than on windowZ (e.g. check a log message, search xug or use the miXteK package installer, maybe add a .sty file to a folder)? What is ltmgr? Is it hard to use? The route I am tempted to go is install Basictex and Lyx, see what happens, but then if I need, succumb to the full mActEx. Would I need to uninstall bAsIctEx, and is that going to be a fairly clean process, and then install MacteX, or would I install maKTex over it? thanks in advance
