Re: How to upgrade TeX Live 2026

Andreas Scherer <[email protected]> Wed, 4 Mar 2026 12:53:49 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.tex.live
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Am 04.03.26 um 11:47 schrieb Andreas Scherer:
> ./runme.sh: updating /opt/texlive/2026/bin/share ...
> tar: share: Funktion stat fehlgeschlagen: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht 
> gefunden
> tar: Beende mit Fehlerstatus aufgrund vorheriger Fehler
> ./runme.sh: no xz.[share][.exe] binary for /opt/texlive/2026/bin/share 
> in /tmp/selfgz6868/installer/xz.
Case closed. The softlink 'bin/share-> ../texmf-dist/doc' (OORC for 
texdoc?) caused the hickup. Temporarily moving it out made 'sh 
update-tlmgr-latest.sh' run thru.

Now I have
$ tex --version
TeX 3.141592653 (TeX Live 2026)
kpathsea version 6.4.2
Copyright 2026 D.E. Knuth.
There is NO warranty.  Redistribution of this software is
covered by the terms of both the TeX copyright and
the Lesser GNU General Public License.
For more information about these matters, see the file
named COPYING and the TeX source.
Primary author of TeX: D.E. Knuth.

Sorry for the noise.
Andreas