[OS X TeX] Problem with TeX Live Utility

[Adam R. Maxwell]

On Sep 6, 2009, at 8:43 AM, Alain Matthes wrote:

> 2009-09-06 17:03:33 +0200 Notice -[TLMOperation main][10964]	 
> Standard error from `/usr/texbin/tlmgr --machine-readable --location http://texlive.guiling.fr/ 
>  update --list`
> tlmgr: installation location http://texlive.guiling.fr/
> Cannot save remote TeX Live database to /usr/local/texlive/2009/ 
> tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.14133875d48d0c25c55332a78100e657: Permission  
> denied
>
> ???? why

Tlmgr 2009 will save a copy of the latest tlpdb if you have write  
permission.  Since MacTeX requires root permission, this doesn't work,  
but the latest tlmgr no longer prints this message.

> http://texlive.guiling.fr/update-tlmgr-latest.sh
> 2009-09-06 17:03:36 +0200 Notice -[TLMInfraUpdateOperation  
> download:willSendRequest:redirectResponse:][10964]	Download  
> redirected to http://texlive.guiling.fr/update-tlmgr-latest.sh,  
> expecting 0 bytes.
> 2009-09-06 17:03:36 +0200 Notice -[TLMInfraUpdateOperation  
> download:didReceiveResponse:][10964]	Will download 2393138 bytes…
> 2009-09-06 17:03:36 +0200 Notice -[TLMInfraUpdateOperation  
> download:didReceiveDataOfLength:][10964]	Received 21% of 2393138  
> bytes…
> 2009-09-06 17:03:36 +0200 Notice -[TLMInfraUpdateOperation  
> download:didReceiveDataOfLength:][10964]	Received 42% of 2393138  
> bytes…
> 2009-09-06 17:03:36 +0200 Notice -[TLMInfraUpdateOperation  
> download:didReceiveDataOfLength:][10964]	Received 63% of 2393138  
> bytes…
> 2009-09-06 17:03:36 +0200 Notice -[TLMInfraUpdateOperation  
> download:didReceiveDataOfLength:][10964]	Received 84% of 2393138  
> bytes…
> 2009-09-06 17:03:36 +0200 Notice -[TLMInfraUpdateOperation  
> downloadDidFinish:][10964]	Download of 2393138 bytes complete

This all looks correct.  Did it prompt you for a password and install  
it?
>
> @ Peter
> With  sudo sh <path to update-tlmgr-latest.sh>
>
> Mundus:universal-darwin ego$ sudo sh /Users/ego/Desktop/update-tlmgr- 
> latest.sh
> Password:
> Verifying archive integrity... All good.
> Uncompressing TeX Live Manager  
> Updater 
> ..................................................................................................................................................
> ./runme.sh: updating in /usr/local/texlive/2008...

This appears to be installing to TL 2008, which should not happen.


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