TeXLive minimalist survival guide
I use the small basictex package instead of the full TeXLive distribution and install dependencies as needed using the tlmgr package manager. This is my survival guide.
I installed the basictex package from Homebrew:
$ brew install basictex
Usually, when I get an error about something.sty missing, I can find the package with that file using:
$ tlmgr search --global --file bbm.sty
List of packages I have had to install
$ tlmgr list --only-installed --data name
adjustbox
adobemapping
ae
algorithm2e
algorithmicx
algorithms
amscls
amsfonts
amsmath
anysize
arabxetex
arphic
atbegshi
attachfile2
atveryend
automata
auxhook
awesomebox
babel
babel-english
babel-swedish
babelbib
bbcard
bbm
bbm-macros
beamer
biber
biblatex
bibtex
bidi-atbegshi
bidicontour
bidipagegrid
bidipresentation
bidishadowtext
bigintcalc
bitset
blockdraw_mp
bookmark
booktabs
bpolynomial
breqn
businesscard-qrcode
caption
carlisle
cite
cjk
cjkpunct
cleveref
cm
cm-super
cmap
cmarrows
cns
collectbox
collection-basic
collection-latex
collection-latexrecommended
collection-metapost
collection-xetex
colorprofiles
colortbl
comment
courier
cqubeamer
crop
ctable
ctablestack
ctex
currfile
datatool
dehyph
diagbox
dirtytalk
drv
dviincl
dvipdfmx
dvips
ec
emp
enctex
enumitem
environ
epsincl
epstopdf-pkg
eso-pic
etex
etex-pkg
etexcmds
etoolbox
euenc
euler
eurosym
everyhook
everysel
everyshi
expressg
exteps
extsizes
fancybox
fancyhdr
fancyref
fancyvrb
fandol
featpost
feynmf
feynmp-auto
filehook
filemod
firstaid
fix2col
fixlatvian
fiziko
float
font-change-xetex
fontbook
fonts-tlwg
fontspec
fontwrap
footmisc
footnotehyper
fp
garrigues
garuda-c90
geometry
gettitlestring
gincltex
glossaries
glyphlist
gmp
graphics
graphics-cfg
graphics-def
grfext
grffile
hatching
helvetic
hershey-mp
hologo
hopatch
huffman
hycolor
hyperref
hyperxmp
hyph-utf8
hyphen-base
hyphen-basque
hyphen-czech
hyphen-danish
hyphen-dutch
hyphen-english
hyphen-finnish
hyphen-french
hyphen-german
hyphen-hungarian
hyphen-italian
hyphen-norwegian
hyphen-polish
hyphen-portuguese
hyphen-spanish
hyphen-swedish
hyphenex
ifmtarg
ifoddpage
ifplatform
iftex
index
infwarerr
intcalc
interchar
jknapltx
knuth-lib
knuth-local
koma-script
kpathsea
kvdefinekeys
kvoptions
kvsetkeys
l3backend
l3experimental
l3kernel
l3packages
latex
latex-base-dev
latex-bin
latex-firstaid-dev
latex-fonts
latex-lab
latexbug
latexconfig
latexmk
latexmp
letltxmacro
lineno
lipsum
listings
lkproof
lm
lm-math
logreq
ltxcmds
ltxmisc
lua-alt-getopt
lua-uni-algos
luahbtex
lualibs
luaotfload
luatex
luatexbase
luatexja
lwarp
makecmds
makeindex
mathspec
mathtools
mcf2graph
mdwtools
memoir
metafont
metago
metalogo
metaobj
metaplot
metapost
metapost-colorbrewer
metauml
mfirstuc
mflogo
mfnfss
mfpic
mfpic4ode
mfware
microtype
minim-hatching
modes
mp3d
mparrows
mpattern
mpchess
mpcolornames
mpgraphics
mptopdf
mptrees
ms
multirow
na-position
natbib
ncctools
newfloat
norasi-c90
ntgclass
numprint
oberdiek
pagesel
paralist
parskip
pdfcolfoot
pdfescape
pdflscape
pdfmanagement-testphase
pdfpages
pdftex
pdftexcmds
pgf
pgfplots
philokalia
pict2e
piechartmp
plain
platex
platex-tools
polyglossia
preprint
psfrag
pslatex
psnfss
pspicture
ptex
ptex-base
ptex-fonts
ptext
ragged2e
rcs
realscripts
refcount
relsize
repere
rerunfilecheck
revtex
roex
roundrect
sansmath
scheme-basic
scheme-infraonly
scheme-minimal
scheme-small
section
seminar
sepnum
setspace
shapes
simple-resume-cv
simple-thesis-dissertation
slideshow
soul
splines
standalone
stringenc
suanpan
subfig
substr
svg
svn-prov
symbol
synctex
tetragonos
tex
tex-ini-files
tex.universal-darwin
texlive-common
texlive-en
texlive-msg-translations
texlive-scripts
texlive.infra
textcase
textpath
threeddice
threeparttable
thumbpdf
times
tipa
titlesec
tlshell
todonotes
tools
totpages
tracklang
translator
transparent
trimspaces
ttfutils
typehtml
ucharcat
ucharclasses
uhc
ulem
underscore
unicode-bidi
unicode-data
unicode-math
unimath-plain-xetex
uniquecounter
unisugar
uplatex
upquote
uptex
uptex-base
uptex-fonts
url
wadalab
xcjk2uni
xcolor
xdvi
xebaposter
xechangebar
xecjk
xecolor
xecyr
xeindex
xelatex-dev
xesearch
xespotcolor
xetex
xetex-itrans
xetex-pstricks
xetex-tibetan
xetexconfig
xetexfontinfo
xetexko
xevlna
xfor
xkeyval
xltxtra
xpinyin
xstring
xunicode
zapfding
zbmath-review-template
zhmetrics
zhmetrics-uptex
zhnumber