[OS X TeX] Cannot remove drm fonts

[Murray Eisenberg]

> On 26 Mar2022, at 12:55 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
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>> On Mar 26, 2022, at 10:30 AM, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On 26 Mar2022, at 11:12 AM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
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>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 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
>>>> ))
>>>> ---
>>>> 7	
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>> 
>> Sorry, I don’t understand what you’re asking.
>> 
>> The drm fonts were installed automatically as part of the original MacTeX 2021 complete installation. 
>> 
>> They all appear in Font Book, under the User category (as opposed to the Computer category). I tried to remove them in Font Book, but that fails to work. (Probably a permissions issue_.
>> 	
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> The OS (i.e., Font Book) does NOT search for fonts outside of the .../Library/Fonts folders (and sub-folders thereof); e.g. ~/Library/fonts, /Library/Fonts, /System/Library/Fonts, ... . Therefore you must be doing something to have Font Book find those fonts in one of those folder (most likely ~/Library/Fonts). E.g., I have a symlink, ~/Library/Fonts/TeXOTFonts, that points to /Library/TeX/Root/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype which makes those fonts available to the OS (Font Book).
> 

Aha! I had an alias in ~/Library/Fonts to /usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype . 

I removed that alias and now, of course, those fonts are gone from Font Book.

Thanks! 

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