Configure LaTeX Editing and Support for Multiple Languages in VSCode [for MaxOS]

2025-05-12

The process is divided into two steps: one is to install MaxTex, and the other is to configure LaTex Workshop in VSCode.

Use Brew to install MacTeX in the terminal

You can use the command brew install mactex

Then open the folder: /usr/local/texlive/2025, there is a pkg file below, just install the pkg file. The file is relatively large, and the entire installation process takes about 10-30 minutes.

Here is the detailed tutorial: https://www.tug.org/mactex/mactex-download.html

After installation is complete, usexelatex --version and pdflatex --version to test if the environment variable is configured correctly. If an error is displayed, simply add the following content to .zshrc:

#Latex

export PATH="/Library/TeX/texbin:$PATH"

Configuring LaTeX in VS Code

Install the LaTeX Workshop extension in VScode

Test the LaTex environment

If you want to support Chinese or other languages, just add the corresponding encoding, for example:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[UTF8]{ctex}

\usepackage{amsmath}

\begin{document}