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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Marcel Fabian Krüger wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">I think in this situation, where the problem seems to be that at least
one person (probably many more) just ran the given command without thinking
too much about it, would suggest to move into a different direction and
not to provide any direct command people can run. Maybe;
TLPDB: Cannot determine type of tlpdb from /home/name/texmf!
tlmgr: running in usermode; please read the manual at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://url-to-the-appropriate-manual">https://url-to-the-appropriate-manual</a> for instruction to initialize your usertree.
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OK, no objections to that approach, but users might have no idea (a)
that they have a usertree; (b) that it requires initialisation; (c)
etc. So perhaps :<br>
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<pre wrap="">TLPDB: Cannot determine type of tlpdb from /home/name/texmf!
tlmgr: running in usermode: your usertree will require initialisation if this has not already been done — please read the manual at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://url-to-the-appropriate-manual">https://url-to-the-appropriate-manual</a> for instructions.</pre>
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<i>Philip Taylor</i><br>
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