[tex-live] Where is the root dir of my Tex Live installation

Zdenek Wagner zdenek.wagner at gmail.com
Fri Nov 15 16:03:49 CET 2013


2013/11/15 Gerald Pechoc <ubuntu at pechoc.eu>:
>
> I have installed from that Link:
>
> http://tug.org/texlive/
> the installation over internet.
> But tlmgr was not installed.
>
> Now I have downloaded an install package to install tlmgr.
> The lines I put in my last mail where from that installation.
> To finish it I should know where the root directory of my TEX Installation
> is.
>
>
> "where does this 'runme.sh' come from?"
> From the installscript of tlmgr.
>
> I have found some directories belonging to TEX Live but dont know which is
> the necessary root dir.
>
The root directory is the one you have set at the first installation
screen. At the end you were asked to add the executable directory to
the PATH, the directory is $TL_ROOT/bin/$ARCH, so looking what you
have added to your PATH will tell you where the root is. And tlmgr is
in this executable directory. if not, installation was not successfull
and you should better repeat it because a lot of things may be wrong.
The installation remembers which packages were successfully installed
and will not downlowd everything again.

> Gerald
>
>
>
> On 2013-11-15 15:46, Lars Madsen wrote:
>>
>> erh, exactly what have you installed and what are you trying to do
>>
>> What does this mean"
>>
>> "I have Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and tex live directly from the net installed"
>>
>> Did you install Ubuntu TeX Live or the Vanilla/TUG TeX Live?
>>
>> Only the later have tlmgr, which will be installed automatically.
>>
>>
>> where does this 'runme.sh' come from?
>>
>> /Lars Madsen
>> Institut for Matematik / Department of Mathematics
>> Aarhus Universitet / Aarhus University
>> Mere info: http://au.dk/daleif@imf / More information:
>> http://au.dk/en/daleif@imf
>>
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: tex-live [tex-live-bounces at tug.org] on behalf of Gerald Pechoc
>> [ubuntu at pechoc.eu]
>> Sent: 15 November 2013 10:22
>> To: tex-live at tug.org
>> Subject: [tex-live] Where is the root dir of my Tex Live installation
>>
>> I need that to install tlmgr.
>>
>> I have Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and tex live directly from the net installed.
>> Now I wanted to install from the net the tlmgr (Package Manager) because
>> there is no one and this goes like that:
>>
>> ./runme.sh: Cannot find TeX Live root using kpsewhich
>> --var-value=SELFAUTOPARENT.
>> ./runme.sh: Please call update-tlmgr-latest.sh --noexec --keep
>> ./runme.sh: and then call the runme.sh script in the unpacked directory
>> ./runme.sh: with the directory root as the first argument, something like:
>> ./runme.sh: sh runme.sh /path/to/your/texlive/installation/2010
>> pechoc at bmeson-a:~/Downloads$ sudo ./update-tlmgr-latest.sh --noexec --keep
>> Creating directory tmp.OqU66gUxij
>> Verifying archive integrity... All good.
>> Uncompressing TeX Live Manager
>> Updater..........................................
>>
>> And how can I find the root of the installation ?
>> to provide
>> sh runme.sh /path/to/your/texlive/installation/2013
>> ?????
>>
>> Please help!
>> Gerald
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>



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