Installation
Installation
Texpile first, then a compiler for whichever format you write in. Editing works as soon as Texpile opens; producing a PDF needs the second install.
1. Install Texpile
Windows
Download the installer and run it. Texpile appears in the Start menu when it finishes.
macOS
Open the .dmg and drag Texpile to your Applications folder.
Linux
On Debian, Ubuntu, and their derivatives, install the .deb with apt rather than dpkg and it resolves the dependencies for you. The leading ./ matters: without it apt looks for a package by that name in your repositories instead of reading the local file.
wget https://dl.texpile.com/latest/deb -O texpile.deb
sudo apt install ./texpile.debEverywhere else, the AppImage runs on most distributions without installing anything. Make it executable and run it:
wget https://dl.texpile.com/latest/linux -O Texpile.AppImage
chmod +x Texpile.AppImage
./Texpile.AppImageAppImages need FUSE 2, which recent distributions no longer install by default. If it exits complaining about libfuse.so.2 or dlopen, add it:
sudo apt install libfuse2t64 # Ubuntu 24.04 and newer
sudo apt install libfuse2 # Debian 12, Ubuntu 23.10 and older2. Install a compiler
Pick the one for the format you write in. If you write both, install both.
Markdown needs neither. It has no compile step, so it works with nothing installed beyond Texpile itself.
Do I need a compiler?
For editing, no. The visual editor, source editor, spell check, intellisense, and version control all work on their own. For compiling a PDF and for live preview, yes: Texpile runs the compiler on your machine and does not bundle one.
Check it worked
Texpile checks for you. Preferences › Toolchain lists every external program it runs, for both formats, and whether each one was found.
Texpile reads the environment when it launches, so restart it after installing anything before deciding a program is missing. The per-format pages above have the command-line test as well.