[Tex/LaTex] Install LaTeX on Mac OS Lion 10.7.5

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I need to install LaTeX on a old MacBook holding a Mac OS Lion 10.7.5 .
Apparently the new version of MacTeX distribution require Mac OS 10.10 or higher, and I am not managing to find old versions of the distribution.
Some ideas?

Best Answer

You can simply install texlive directly (https://www.tug.org/texlive/acquire-netinstall.html). It support osx 10.6-10.9 with the x86_64-darwinlegacy binary.

This will give you a complete and up to date tex distribution.

At this point you can stop reading this answer, as you have everything you need to build tex documents.

In comparision to mactex this solution only lacks some additional programs, for example a GUI to update your tex distribution (TeX Live Utility).

If you nevertheless want these program, you have two possibilities: