# Pluto: does mardown needs a local installation of LaTeX?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-does-mardown-needs-a-local-installation-of-latex/66264>\
**Category:** Performance\
**Tags:** pluto-markdown\
**Created:** [August 12, 2021, 12:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-does-mardown-needs-a-local-installation-of-latex/66264 "2021-08-12T12:16:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![VivMendes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/vivmendes/32/16477_2.png) [@VivMendes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/VivMendes)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 12:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-does-mardown-needs-a-local-installation-of-latex/66264/1 "2021-08-12T12:16:32Z")

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Hi all,

I have a local installation of LaTeX on my computer, and Pluto markdown is running smoothly. I am going to ask a lot of students to install Pluto, and most of them do not have a LaTeX local installation on their computers. I would be grateful if someone could tell me whether Pluto does require a local installation of LaTeX or if it works on its own.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![mzaffalon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mzaffalon/32/214168_2.png) [@mzaffalon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mzaffalon)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-does-mardown-needs-a-local-installation-of-latex/66264/2 "2021-08-12T16:46:45Z")

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Pluto uses MathJax to display LaTeX, so no, they won’t need a LaTeX installation.

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**Author:** ![VivMendes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/vivmendes/32/16477_2.png) [@VivMendes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/VivMendes)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-does-mardown-needs-a-local-installation-of-latex/66264/3 "2021-08-12T16:54:45Z")

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@mzaffalon, That is great news. Thanks a lot.