[OS X TeX] Problem with TeXLive Utility

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Jun 16, 2017, at 6:58 AM, John Burt <burt at brandeis.edu> wrote:
> 
> I saw the following in the logfile. I have three thoughts: 
> 1. I think I need to delete TeXLive Utility and reinstall it. 
> 2. Could this problem have arisen because of the new encryption option?
> 3. Might this also underlie the problem I have been having with texdoc?
> 
> Here are the relevant entries from the logfile:
> 
> 2017-06-16 11:54:19 +0000 Notice -[TLMDatabase _downloadDatabaseHead][799]	Downloading at least 2048 bytes of tlpdb for a version check…
> 2017-06-16 11:54:19 +0000 Notice -[TLMDatabase connection:didFailWithError:][799]	Failed to download tlpdb for version check file:///usr/local/texlive/2017/ : Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1102 "You do not have permission to access the requested resource." UserInfo={NSUnderlyingError=0x600000254550 {Error Domain=kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork Code=-1102 "You do not have permission to access the requested resource." UserInfo={NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=file:///usr/local/texlive/2017/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb, NSLocalizedDescription=You do not have permission to access the requested resource., NSErrorFailingURLKey=file:///usr/local/texlive/2017/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb}}, NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=file:///usr/local/texlive/2017/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb, NSErrorFailingURLKey=file:///usr/local/texlive/2017/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb, NSLocalizedDescription=You do not have permission to access the requested resource.}
> 2017-06-16 11:54:19 +0000 Notice -[TLMDatabase _downloadDatabaseHead][799]	Downloaded 0 bytes of tlpdb for version check
> 2017-06-16 11:54:19 +0000 Notice -[TLMDatabase packageNamed:][799]	*** WARNING *** Requested package 00texlive.config from database without a full download
> 2017-06-16 11:54:19 +0000 Notice -[TLMDatabase texliveYear][799]	Unable to determine year from 00texlive.config
> 2017-06-16 11:54:19 +0000 Notice -[TLMEnvironment initWithInstallDirectory:][799]	Failed to determine local TeX Live version information.  This is a very bad sign.

Howdy,

Have you done anything with permissions? Please run

ls -alF /usr/local/texlive/2017/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb

and

ls -alF /usr/local/texlive/2017/

and let us know what they return.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)