[OS X TeX] TeX Live Utility problem: enable security validation

[G. M.-S.]

Hi Bill.

Sometimes texlive.info is unreachable, I do not know why.
Eventually it will come back.

HTH,

Guillermo

On Sun, 29 Mar 2026 at 10:38, William Slough <wslough at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I recently installed the latest MacTeX package and now I'm having a
> problem with the Tex Live Utility. Here's what's happening:
>
> When I start the utility, a window appears inviting me to install GnuPG. I
> know that this already exists:
>
> % gpg --version
>
> gpg (GnuPG) 2.4.7
>
> libgcrypt 1.11.0-unknown
>
> Copyright (C) 2024 g10 Code GmbH
>
> ...
>
>
> However, in spite of this I went ahead and chose the "Enable" button.
>
> Afterwards, I get an error from the Tex Live Utility, indicating that
> "installing gpg appears to have failed."
>
>
> Upon looking at the log, I don't see anything obviously related to gpg,
> although I do see this warning/error:
>
>
> 2026-03-29 02:47:57 +0000 Warning tlu_ipctask[7316]
> /Library/TeX/texbin/tlmgr: TLPDB::from_file could not get texlive.tlpdb
> from: https://texlive.info/tlgpg//tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb
> 2026-03-29 02:47:57 +0000 Warning tlu_ipctask[7316] Maybe the repository
> setting should be changed.
> 2026-03-29 02:47:57 +0000 Warning tlu_ipctask[7316] More info:
> https://tug.org/texlive/acquire.html
>
>
>
> I changed the repository, but this didn't help. Can anyone suggest what I
> might be doing wrong?
>
> I could, of course, tell the Tex Live Utility to not ask again, but I
> would like to ensure that GnuPG is being used.
>
>
> Bill Slough
>
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