[OS X TeX] Problem with TeXLive Utility

[John Burt]

Thanks!

Here is what they return:

ls -alF /usr/local/texlive/2017/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb

-rw-------  1 root  staff  11598536 Jun 15 09:13
/usr/local/texlive/2017/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb


total 3760

drwxr-xr-x  20 root  wheel     680 Jun 15 09:13 ./

drwxr-xr-x  10 root  wheel     340 Jun 12 11:44 ../

-rw-r--r--   1 root  staff    2098 Nov 25  2016 LICENSE.CTAN

-rw-r--r--   1 root  staff    5086 Nov 25  2016 LICENSE.TL

-rw-r--r--   1 root  staff     182 Nov 25  2016 README

-rw-r--r--   1 root  staff     250 Nov 25  2016 README.usergroups

drwxr-xr-x   3 root  wheel     102 May 23 22:28 bin/

-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel  914127 May 19 17:41 doc.html

-rw-r--r--   1 root  staff    1298 Nov 25  2016 index.html

-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel   98030 May 18 17:25 install-tl*

-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel  871902 May 23 22:38 install-tl.log

drwxr-xr-x  14 root  staff     476 Jun 15 09:13 readme-html.dir/

drwxr-xr-x  19 root  staff     646 Jun 15 09:13 readme-txt.dir/

-rw-r--r--   1 root  staff     349 Apr 13 13:59 release-texlive.txt

drwxr-xr-x   8 root  wheel     272 Jun 15 09:12 texmf-config/

drwxr-xr-x  30 root  staff    1020 Jun  8 20:43 texmf-dist/

drwxr-xr-x   8 root  wheel     272 Jun 15 09:12 texmf-var/

-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel     577 May 23 22:37 texmf.cnf

-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel     673 May 23 22:37 texmfcnf.lua

drwxr-xr-x  13 root  staff     442 Jun 15 09:13 tlpkg/

On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 8:53 AM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com>
wrote:

>
> > On Jun 16, 2017, at 6:58 AM, John Burt <burt at brandeis.edu> wrote:
> >
> > I saw the following in the logfile. I have three thoughts:
> > 1. I think I need to delete TeXLive Utility and reinstall it.
> > 2. Could this problem have arisen because of the new encryption option?
> > 3. Might this also underlie the problem I have been having with texdoc?
> >
> > Here are the relevant entries from the logfile:
> >
> > 2017-06-16 11:54:19 +0000 Notice -[TLMDatabase
> _downloadDatabaseHead][799]    Downloading at least 2048 bytes of tlpdb for
> a version check…
> > 2017-06-16 11:54:19 +0000 Notice -[TLMDatabase
> connection:didFailWithError:][799]     Failed to download tlpdb for
> version check file:///usr/local/texlive/2017/ : Error
> Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1102 "You do not have permission to access
> the requested resource." UserInfo={NSUnderlyingError=0x600000254550
> {Error Domain=kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork Code=-1102 "You do not have
> permission to access the requested resource." UserInfo={
> NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=file:///usr/local/texlive/2017/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb,
> NSLocalizedDescription=You do not have permission to access the requested
> resource., NSErrorFailingURLKey=file:///usr/local/texlive/2017/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb}},
> NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=file:///usr/local/texlive/2017/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb,
> NSErrorFailingURLKey=file:///usr/local/texlive/2017/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb,
> NSLocalizedDescription=You do not have permission to access the requested
> resource.}
> > 2017-06-16 11:54:19 +0000 Notice -[TLMDatabase
> _downloadDatabaseHead][799]    Downloaded 0 bytes of tlpdb for version check
> > 2017-06-16 11:54:19 +0000 Notice -[TLMDatabase packageNamed:][799]
> *** WARNING *** Requested package 00texlive.config from database without a
> full download
> > 2017-06-16 11:54:19 +0000 Notice -[TLMDatabase texliveYear][799]
> Unable to determine year from 00texlive.config
> > 2017-06-16 11:54:19 +0000 Notice -[TLMEnvironment
> initWithInstallDirectory:][799]     Failed to determine local TeX Live
> version information.  This is a very bad sign.
>
> Howdy,
>
> Have you done anything with permissions? Please run
>
> ls -alF /usr/local/texlive/2017/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb
>
> and
>
> ls -alF /usr/local/texlive/2017/
>
> and let us know what they return.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
>
>
> ----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting -----------
> TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq
> List Reminders and Etiquette: https://www.esm.psu.edu/~gray/tex/
> List Archives: http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.macosx
>                 https://email.esm.psu.edu/pipermail/macosx-tex/
> TeX on Mac OS X Website: http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/
> List Info: https://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/attachments/20170616/fda92498/attachment.html>
-------------- next part --------------
----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting -----------
TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq
List Reminders and Etiquette: https://www.esm.psu.edu/~gray/tex/
List Archives: http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.macosx
                https://email.esm.psu.edu/pipermail/macosx-tex/
TeX on Mac OS X Website: http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/
List Info: https://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex