[OS X TeX] Cannot remove drm fonts

[Murray Eisenberg]

Due to a large number of font packages installed by TeXLive 2021, some (non-TeX-related) apps are very slow to load, so I want to remove some of the TeXLive fonts I do not use.

To begin, I wanted to remove the drm package of fonts. I tried this with the TeXLive Utility, but I received a “failed” error.

The log is below.

How should I proceed?

2022-03-26 14:49:26 +0000 Notice -[TLMInfoController showInfoForPackage:location:][2019]	drm found in database; bypassing tlmgr.
2022-03-26 14:49:58 +0000 Notice -[TLMMainWindowController removePackagesWithNames:force:][2019]	Beginning removal of
(
    drm
)
2022-03-26 14:49:58 +0000 Notice -[TLMAuthorizedOperation main][2019]	Checking code signature before running tlu_ipctask as root…
2022-03-26 14:49:58 +0000 Notice /usr/bin/codesign[2019]	/Applications/TeX/TeX Live Utility.app/Contents/MacOS/tlu_ipctask: valid on disk
/Applications/TeX/TeX Live Utility.app/Contents/MacOS/tlu_ipctask: satisfies its Designated Requirement
2022-03-26 14:49:58 +0000 Notice -[TLMAuthorizedOperation main][2019]	Signature was valid, okay to run tlu_ipctask
2022-03-26 14:50:02 +0000 Notice -[TLMAuthorizedOperation main][2019]	Invoking privileged task via AuthorizationExecuteWithPrivileges
2022-03-26 14:50:02 +0000 Notice tlu_ipctask[2341]	dropped privileges to user nobody
2022-03-26 14:50:03 +0000 Notice -[TLMAuthorizedOperation setWrapperPID:][2019]	tlu_ipctask checking in:  tlu_ipctask pid = 2341
2022-03-26 14:50:04 +0000 Notice -[TLMAuthorizedOperation setUnderlyingPID:][2019]	tlu_ipctask checking in: pid = 2342 (/Library/TeX/texbin/tlmgr remove drm)
2022-03-26 14:50:04 +0000 Notice tlu_ipctask[2341]	tlu_ipctask: child HOME = '/var/root'
2022-03-26 14:50:04 +0000 Notice tlu_ipctask[2341]	tlu_ipctask: current HOME = '/var/empty'
2022-03-26 14:50:05 +0000 Warning tlu_ipctask[2341]	tlmgr: not removing drm, needed by collection-fontsextra
2022-03-26 14:50:05 +0000 Warning tlu_ipctask[2341]	tlmgr: action remove returned an error; continuing.
2022-03-26 14:50:05 +0000 Notice tlu_ipctask[2341]	tlmgr: saving backups to /usr/local/texlive/2021/tlpkg/backups
2022-03-26 14:50:05 +0000 Notice tlu_ipctask[2341]	tlmgr: no packages removed.
2022-03-26 14:50:06 +0000 Warning tlu_ipctask[2341]	tlmgr: An error has occurred. See above messages. Exiting.
2022-03-26 14:50:06 +0000 Notice -[TLMAuthorizedOperation _runUntilChildExit][2019]	kqueue noted that pid 2342 exited (/Library/TeX/texbin/tlmgr remove drm)
2022-03-26 14:50:06 +0000 Notice tlu_ipctask[2341]	child process pid = 2342 exited
2022-03-26 14:50:07 +0000 Notice tlu_ipctask[2341]	exit status of pid = 2342 was 1
2022-03-26 14:50:07 +0000 Notice -[TLMAuthorizedOperation _runUntilChildExit][2019]	exit status of pid = 2341 was 1
2022-03-26 14:50:07 +0000 Notice -[TLMAuthorizedOperation _runUntilChildExit][2019]	kqueue noted that tlu_ipctask (pid = 2341) exited with status 1
2022-03-26 14:50:07 +0000 Notice -[TLMRemoveOperation main][2019]	ERROR: failed to remove packages {(
    drm
)} (requested removal of (
    drm
))
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