Miktex Miktex (etc 2.4) http://www.miktex.org/Setup.aspx e.g., basic-miktex-2.4.2207.exe (~ 32 MB).
You need A latex distribution (e.g., Miktex) A post script viewer (e.g., Ghostview) A Latex editor (e.g., LatexEditor) Install everything in this order, follow default instructions
Latex Editor E.g., the Latex Editor http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home5/pg03053527/latexeditor/ E.g., version 1.2.1 http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home5/pg03053527/latexeditor/LaTeXEditorSetup.exe
Typical path settings C:\texmf\miktex\bin C:\gstools\gsview\gsview32.exe
Ghostview http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/index.html Install Ghostscript first: e.g ver 8.53. gs853w32.exe on http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/AFPL/get853.htm Then install Ghostview: E.g. 4.7 gsv47w32.exe on http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/get47.htm
Mac OS http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/default9.html http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/texshop.html MacGSView 2.0b3