[OS X TeX] tlmgr

[Victor Ivrii]

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 8:06 PM, Joseph C. Slater PE, PhD
<joseph.slater at wright.edu> wrote:
>
> On Oct 16, 2008, at 8:01 PM, Dr. Clea F. Rees wrote:
>
>> The MacTeX wiki currently recommends running:
>>        sudo tlmgr update --all


This is what help says for tlmgr; but it is not macosX specific

Victor

>>
>> Question: is there some reason to prefer this to:
>>        sudo -H tlmgr update --all
>> ?
>>
>
> I don't know, but I did the former, and my texbin directory got wiped out. I
> have to switch back to my 2007 distro until I can reinstall. I've had
> nothing but bad luck with tlmgr so far.
> Joe
>




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