Re: TeXLive and dist-upgrades of Debian Stable

Norbert Preining <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.tex.live
Message-ID <aLb2iqunUkM0XptJ@fettsack>
Hi,

> I have successfully installed TL 2025. Also added the PATH, INFO and MAN related codes in ~/.profile.

Really??

> when I tried tlmgr update -self
> 
> I got a reply:
> (running on Debian, switching to user mode!)

You probably have /usr/bin **before** the entry for TeX Live you
installed in your PATH.

You called the Debian provided tlmgr which is in /usr/bin/tlmgr.

> 1. I am a bit confused how to go ahead if I wish to update this TL 2025.

You should put the path to the bin directory of the TeX Live system you
installed **BEFORE** everything else in $PATH.

Best regards

Norbert

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