[OS X TeX] TeX Live Utility 1.49 fails to update old TeXLive 2019 and leaves it unusable.

[George Tourlakis]

Hi Guillermo,

Thanks.

> On Jul 8, 2021, at 11:28 PM, G. M.-S. <lists.gms at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Georges,
> 
> I am no specialist, but I would advise to reinstall MacTeX 2019 and update it as follows (especially if you have a fast internet connection).
> (Please bear with me if these instructions are too basic for you.)
> 
> 1) Download mactex-20190508.pkg from
> http://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/historic/systems/mactex/2019/ <http://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/historic/systems/mactex/2019/>
> (or another mirror from http://www.tug.org/mactex/faq/3-4.html <http://www.tug.org/mactex/faq/3-4.html>).
> 
> 2) Install it as usual.

I had a shortcut. I have a backup of all my TeX Live trees from 2007 to 2021.
So I tried the update twice. Same outcome. Failed, AND clobbered the tree.

> 
> 3) If your version of TeX Live Utility is older than 1.49, download the last version of from
> https://amaxwell.github.io/tlutility/ <https://amaxwell.github.io/tlutility/>
> (direct link for current version 1.49:  https://github.com/amaxwell/tlutility/releases/download/1.49/TeX.Live.Utility.app-1.49.zip <https://github.com/amaxwell/tlutility/releases/download/1.49/TeX.Live.Utility.app-1.49.zip>),
> unzip it and replace your old version with this one.
> 
That’s what I have

> 4) Open Tex Live Utility, then
> 
> Configure > Change Default TeX Live Version… > TeX-Live 2019
> 
> Configure > Manage Repositories > +
> ftp://tug.org/historic/systems/texlive/2019/tlnet-final <ftp://tug.org/historic/systems/texlive/2019/tlnet-final>
> Use As Home

Yep, that’s the link.
I have done all this twice, BUT…

Cheers,
George


> 
> etc.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Guillermo
> 
> On Fri, 9 Jul 2021 at 04:56, Adam R. Maxwell via MacOSX-TeX <macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu <mailto:macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu>> wrote:
>> On Jul 8, 2021, at 12:38 , George Tourlakis <gt at cse.yorku.ca <mailto:gt at cse.yorku.ca>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Adam,
>> 
>> I did not notice that the log was in two segments.
>> 
>> I trust the following is complete.
> 2021-07-08 18:55:31 +0000 Notice tlu_ipctask[7175]	Beginning download and installation of packages
> 2021-07-08 18:55:32 +0000 Warning tlu_ipctask[7175]	TLPDB::_install_package: unsupported container format xz
> 
> 2021-07-08 19:30:53 +0000 Warning tlu_ipctask[7175]	sh: fmtutil-sys: command not found
> 
> This is concerning: it looks like files are missing from the system, or else the /Library/TeX/texbin symlink is broken and tlmgr can't find them. This command
> 
> $ ls /usr/local/texlive/2019/bin/x86_64-darwin/fmt*
> 
> should show fmtutil and friends. This one
> 
> $ ls /usr/local/texlive/2019/tlpkg/installer/xz
> 
> should show an xz binary. Also,
> 
> $ ls -L /Library/TeX/texbin
> 
> should show a long list of executables.
> 
> thanks,
> Adam
>  
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