stefano franchi <stefano.fran...@gmail.com> írta: >On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Csikos Bela bcsikos...@freemail.hu > wrote: >>I know how to start tlmgr gui. >>What I don't know if I can use it to update a package from local zip file, >>and if yes, how. This was my original question.
>If by "local zip file" you mean "a zipped file containing a >>TexLive package", then tlmgr help says: install [option]... pkg... > >Install each pkg given on the command line. By default this installs all >>packages on which the given pkgs are dependent, also. Options: > --file Instead of fetching a package from the installation >>repository, use the packages files given on the command line. These files >>need to be proper TeX Live package files (with contained tlpobj file). > >so: [sudo] tlmgr --file zipped-package.zip should do the trick Yes, this is what I meant. >But I am not sure why you would want to download the package manually >and >then install it with tlmgr. Isn't it simpler to install it from a >remote >repository and saving yourself one step? Or am I missing >something? It is sure simpler, but I have an outdated texlive installation (texlive 2011 I guess, I can not check it right now). It works for me well, and I don't want to update it. But I want update individual packages. >>How can I check the remote rev. (ver.) without installing/updating the >>given package? A want to update it only if I see that it (the remote >>rev. (ver.)) is >the one I need. If I check the package checkbox and >>click update the package will be updated, what I don't want until I >>don't see version number. (I >hope I made my question clear.) >This is tlmgr's standard behavior. As soon as you load a remote >>repository it will show you the version number of the locally installed >versio >next to the version number of the remote version> >But you need to load a remote rep first.Cheers,Stefano-- Thanks, I found it. tlmgr-menu -> load repository. bcsikos
