[OS X TeX] Cannot remove drm fonts

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Mar 26, 2022, at 9:54 AM, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
> ))
> ---
> Murray Eisenberg		murrayeisenberg at gmail.com
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Howdy,

First, how are you getting the OS font system to ``see'' your otf fonts? 

If you are using a symbolic link (or links) and only want small known subset of the fonts instead make individual links to the font folders you want to appear. Note: these are needed by xelatex if you refer to the fonts by font name rather than file name.

On a slightly different note the symbolic links should be made via /Library/Root rather than /usr/local/texlive/xxxx/... . That way when you change the active TeX Distribution (via tlmgr or TLU) the fonts being pointed to are the active versions.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
herbs at wideopenwest.com