[tex-live] Can't change the repository under Windows 7

Andreas Hirsch cursus.publicus at sacrumromanumimperium.org
Sun Aug 7 17:00:06 CEST 2011


Hi Fadi,

quoting Fadi Semmo, [07.08.2011 16:44 +0100]:
> Hello,
> 
> I tried to change my repository for TeXLive 2011 under Windows 7 using 
> the command line. However, it's not working like it did with TeXLive 2010.
> When I use the GUI version of the TeXLive Manager I can update all 
> packages. If I change the repository there, the URL does not get saved 
> though.
> 
> Here's what I get using the command line to change my repository:
> 
> C:\Windows\System32>tlmgr -repository 
> http://ftp.fernuni-hagen.de/ftp-dir/pub/mirrors/www.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/
> E:\texlive\2011\texmf\scripts\texlive\tlmgr.pl: missing action; try 
> --help if you need it.

as mentioned in http://www.tug.org/texlive/doc/tlmgr.html#option

tlmgr option repository
http://ftp.fernuni-hagen.de/ftp-dir/pub/mirrors/www.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/

\HTH

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