Installation

Latex is a macro markup language on top of tex markup language. I don't think anyone really writes in tex... Anyways, you need to compile/interpret the markup into a human readible format (generally a pdf).

The installation

• homebrew/basictex
• homebrew/mactex

Then, look at /compilers for further installation (dependent on IDE)

Usage

$ latexmk -lualatex -pvc -view=pdf -f -outdir=build document.tex

• ^ compiles tex file into a pdf and continuously reloads
• by default latexmk runs -pdflatex compiler

Tex Distributions

TeX Live is the standard distribution of TeX, LaTeX, and related programs produced by TeX Users Groups across the world (All offline/online Editors use this to compile tex files)

• MiKTeX for Windows
• TeX Live for Linux and other UNIX-like systems
• MacTeX redistribution of TeX Live for macOS
• teTeX for Linux and other UNIX-like systems; it is no longer actively maintained now
• proTeXt is based on MiKTeX

Source: https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Choosing_a_LaTeX_Compiler%23Other_compilers