@@ -327,12 +327,7 @@ macOS
327327
328328Cadabra builds with the standard Apple compiler, but in order to build
329329on macOS you need a number of packages from Homebrew (see
330- https://brew.sh). Quite a few Homebrew installations have broken
331- permissions; best to first do::
332-
333- sudo chown -R ${USER}:admin /usr/local/
334-
335- to clean that up. Then install the required dependencies with::
330+ https://brew.sh). Install the required dependencies with::
336331
337332 brew install cmake boost pcre gmp python3
338333 brew install pkgconfig
@@ -344,13 +339,17 @@ that.
344339
345340You also need a TeX installation such as MacTeX,
346341https://tug.org/mactex/ . *Any * TeX will do, as long as 'latex' and
347- 'dvipng' are available. Make sure to *install TeX * before attempting
348- to build Cadabra, otherwise the Cadabra style files will not be
349- installed in the appropriate place. Make sure 'latex' works from the
350- terminal in which you will build Cadabra.
342+ 'dvipng' are available, so you simply do::
343+
344+ brew install mactex
345+
346+ Make sure to *install TeX * before attempting to build Cadabra,
347+ otherwise the Cadabra style files will not be installed in the
348+ appropriate place. Make sure 'latex' works from the terminal in which
349+ you will build Cadabra.
351350
352351You can build against an Anaconda Python installation (in case you
353- prefer Anaconda over the Homebrew Python); cmake will automaticaly
352+ prefer Anaconda over the Homebrew Python); cmake will automatically
354353pick this up if available.
355354
356355You need to clone the cadabra2 git repository (if you download the
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