[tex-live] TL current version

Herbert Voss Herbert.Voss at FU-Berlin.DE
Sat May 5 16:51:26 CEST 2012


Am 05.05.2012 16:47, schrieb Norbert Preining:
> Hi Herbert,
>
>> For an install script I need the current version
>> of TeXLive.
>
> The currently on the used computer installed version of TL, or the current version in the sense the latest released one?
>
> For the former I suggest
>     tlmgr --version
> or so, or
>    tex --version
> bothwith parsing.
>
> For the later I would agree with Reinhard to check the TLConfig.pm file from the current tlnet/tlpkg/TeXLive/ dir on any CTAN mirror.

Norbert,
thanks

I need the current version of the latest one _before_ I install
TeXLive itself. Reinhards solution workd well.

Herbert


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