[OS X TeX] Getting started with tlmgr

[Axel E. Retif]

On  4 Dec, 2008, at 21:55, Luis Vitorio Cargnini wrote:

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> Re-install again. Last time this occurs with me, I did that to  
> solve, 2 months ago.
> Now it is working fine

Right. About two weeks ago, the same happened to me, but the weird  
thing is this: I updated my Ubuntu distribution without a problem;  
immediately after that, I tried to update my Macbook, and it wreaked  
havoc! with messages like

> Installation of new version of <such and such package> did fail,  
> trying to unwind!

Everything was useless ---binaries weren't found, etc.; recovery  
methods didn't work... Long story short, I reinstalled and updated  
again without a single problem! Afraid something was wrong with Mac  
updates, before updating my desktop I tared TL 2008, then did the  
update... and everything worked fine!

But definitely, Schulz's advice is the way to go:

1)
sudo tlmgr option location http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/2008

2)
sudo tlmgr update bin-texlive texlive.infra

3)
sudo tlmgr update --all

Something might go wrong ---like it happened to me in one of three  
updates (a momentary server error?)---, but it's the proven and TUG  
recommended procedure.

Best,

Axel