I am using Texmaker with MacTex v2013 on OS X Mavericks 10.9.
I want to install some packages that don't come by default with MacTeX (e.g. wrapfig.sty). One way to do this would be download the .sty files and place them in the current working directory (cwd), but since I have a lot of packages to download, this might take a long time. Alternatively, I tried using the TeX Live Utility application, and going to packages, selecting all and then install, but unfortunately TeX Live Utility just sits there doing nothing, is there any way that I can download and install all the TeX packages that I am missing?
Best Answer
The MacTeX distribution is a full TeX Live distribution, and as such should contain almost any package you are likely to use (essentially everything in CTAN that has a verified free licence.)
However, it's possible that when you first installed MacTeX you chose to install the small version called BasicTeX, which does not install everything.
In principle, with BasicTeX you can use the TeX Live Utility to install all of the other packages. If this is not working, it's possible that you are simply having trouble reaching the appropriate servers, in which case, trying again might solve the problem.
Alternatively, you can just reinstall the full MacTeX, which in most cases is likely to be the easiest (and ultimately fastest) solution if you have access to a fast internet connection.