### Discussed in https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/discussions/1674

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<sup>Originally posted by **RaymondBalise** August  4, 2022</sup>
When I do `quarto install tool tinytex` I get a message saying:

```bash
(\) Updating Path (inspecting 1 possible paths)WARNING: Unable to determine a path to use when installing TeX Live. 
To complete the installation, please run the following:

/Users/me/Library/TinyTeX/bin/universal-darwin/tlmgr option sys_bin <bin_dir_on_path>
```

I don't know what to use for <bin_dir_on_path>.  I am guessing that it wants me to type `/Users/me/Library/TinyTeX/bin`.  Is that correct or does it want me to type the path to my machine's `/bin` directory?

Currently the quarto docs do not have a section on installing helper tools.  The PDF instructions have the line for installing tinytex and the instructions for chromium are buried on the page covering authoring diagrams. Having a page showing how to install/check the addins on Mac, Windows (and perhaps Linux), with the answer to the above question, would be most excellent.  

In particular, it would be good to have a gentle introduction (for frightened beginners who don't know what a command line is), dedicated to these lines:

```bash
quarto tools install tinytex
quarto tools install chromium
quarto tools check
```

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dragonstyle
2022-08-04T11:38:22Z
dragonstyle
documentation
v1.2
closed
Improve Quarto Tools Docs
https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/1677