[tex-live] Using tlmgr/TeXLive utility to install local versions of a package

[Norbert Preining]

On Fr, 05 Aug 2011, Alan Munn wrote:
> Can I use tlmgr and/or TeXLive utility to install a package only into a test texmf directory?  If so, how do I do it?

No, this is not possible at the moment, and it is very unclear if we
every want to have this feature.

Why do you need it? An installation into the normal tree should not
interfere with any other package?

Best wishes

Norbert
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