[tex-live] tlmgr help formatting

Norbert Preining preining at logic.at
Wed Oct 29 01:07:19 CET 2008


On Mi, 29 Okt 2008, Lars Madsen wrote:
> It might be an idea to mention that in order for tlmgr to work properly 
> then perldoc needs to be installed.

Hmm, ok, Karl, any idea where?

> BTW2: what happens on multi user systems if a user issues tlmgr? Would 
> it be safer if that command only be available for the superuser?

Depending on who has installed the system. The point is that we don't
have to care, since user a cannot update/remove/install anything if root
has done that, due to the permissions.

But he still can use it to search for file, packages, etc. So it is
useful for user, too.

Best wishes

Norbert

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