[OS X TeX] Getting started with tlmgr (REVISITED)

[Herbert Schulz]

On Dec 6, 2008, at 9:27 AM, Victor Ivrii wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 9:47 AM, Herbert Schulz  
> <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
>>
>
>>
>> Will tlmgr work with an ftp:// server? I wasn't sure that was true.
>>
>> Good Luck,
>>
>> Herb Schulz
>> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
>
>
> Yes, it does. What is more ftp: could be returned in the standard  
> mirror request
>
> % tlmgr --location=http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/2008
> update --list
> tlmgr: installation location ftp://ctan.cms.math.ca/systems/texlive/tlnet/2008
>
> and both very "primary"
>
> %tlmgr --location=ftp://ftp.tug.org/texlive/tlnet/2008
>
> and
>
> %tlmgr --location=ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/ctan/ctan/tex-archive/systems/texlive/tlnet/2008
>
> are ftp servers
>
> "There's a new location ftp://tug.org/texlive/tlcritical which  
> contains
> the critical packages (bin-texlive and texlive.infra), updated nightly
> from svn. "
>
> It is not "new" anymore.
>
>
>
> One can find the larger list at
>
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/CTAN.sites
>
> Victor
>


Howdy,

Thanks for the information. Unfortunately lots of the servers on that  
list seem to be rarely updated; that's why I used the shorter list.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)