[OS X TeX] tlmgr update problem

[Herbert Schulz]

On Dec 3, 2008, at 4:23 PM, Alex Hamann wrote:

>
> On 03.12.2008, at 21:48, Herbert Schulz wrote:
>
>>
>> On Dec 3, 2008, at 3:30 PM, Lantz Susan wrote:
>>
>>> today, I should probably update tlmgr also, since I have never  
>>> done it.
>>>
>>> So, I opened the Terminal and followed the instructions on the http://tug.org/texlive/tlmgr.html 
>>>  page.
>>>
>>> The results were consistent---but consistently bad. (Terminal  
>>> output below.) I don't understand why I can't update; I'm the only  
>>> user on this computer, as well as the administrator. (I should add  
>>> that it has been more than fifteen years since I used a Unix  
>>> computer, and I have undoubtedly forgotten more than I ever learnt.)
>>>
>>> Any suggestions?
>>>
>>> Susan Lantz
>>
>>
>> Howdy,
>>
>> You must precede each command there with sudo on the Mac. Sigh...
>>
>> Good Luck,
>>
>> Herb Schulz
>> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
>>
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> you might also want to check out the X11 GUI of tlmgr.
> open x11
> type: xhost+
> press return
> open terminal
> type: sudo tlmgr --gui
> press return
> the GUI should load and will allow you to do all the updating/ 
> changing of settings/etc. in a graphical environment
> when you are done you should probably type "xhost -" in the x11  
> window.
>
> A.

Howdy,

If you want to use the GUI interface for tlmgr you must install the  
Tk-804.028.pkg found in a subdirectory of /Applications/TeX/ (sorry I  
can't be more specific since I re-names that folder). Also, note that  
you must have X11 installed; not a problem with OS X 10.5 since it is  
automatically installed but not automatically with OS X 10.4). Note  
that the GUI is not the pretty one you might be used to.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)