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.IX Title "TLMGR 1"
.TH TLMGR 1 "2012-05-24" "perl v5.14.2" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
tlmgr \- the TeX Live Manager
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
tlmgr [\fIoption\fR]... \fIaction\fR [\fIoption\fR]... [\fIoperand\fR]...
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
\&\fBtlmgr\fR manages an existing TeX Live installation, both packages and
configuration options.  For information on initially downloading and
installing TeX Live, see <http://tug.org/texlive/acquire.html>.
.PP
The most up-to-date version of this documentation (updated nightly from
the development sources) is available at
<http://tug.org/texlive/tlmgr.html>, along with procedures for updating
\&\f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR itself and information about test versions.
.PP
TeX Live is organized into a few top-level \fIschemes\fR, each of which is
defined as a different set of \fIcollections\fR and \fIpackages\fR, where a
collection is a set of packages, and a package is what contains actual
files.  Schemes typically contain a mix of collections and packages, but
each package is included in exactly one collection, no more and no less.
Installation can be customized and managed at any level.
.PP
For the full documentation of TeX Live, see
<http://tug.org/texlive/doc>.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.IX Header "EXAMPLES"
After successfully installing TeX Live, here are a few common operations
with \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR:
.ie n .IP """tlmgr option repository http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWtlmgr option repository http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet\fR" 4
.IX Item "tlmgr option repository http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet"
Tell \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR to use a nearby \s-1CTAN\s0 mirror for future updates; useful if
you want continuing updates, and installed TeX Live from the \s-1DVD\s0 image.
.ie n .IP """tlmgr update \-\-list""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWtlmgr update \-\-list\fR" 4
.IX Item "tlmgr update --list"
Report what would be updated without actually updating anything.
.ie n .IP """tlmgr update \-\-all""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWtlmgr update \-\-all\fR" 4
.IX Item "tlmgr update --all"
Make your local TeX installation correspond to what is in the package
repository (typically useful when updating from \s-1CTAN\s0).
.ie n .IP """tlmgr show"" \fIpkg\fR" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWtlmgr show\fR \fIpkg\fR" 4
.IX Item "tlmgr show pkg"
Display detailed information about \fIpkg\fR, such as the installation
status and description.
.PP
For all the capabilities and details of \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR, please see the
following voluminous information.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.IX Header "OPTIONS"
The following options to \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR are global options, not specific to
any action.  All options, whether global or action-specific, can be
given at any place and in arbitrary order.  The first non-option
argument will be the main action.  In all cases, \f(CW\*(C`\-\-\*(C'\fR\fIoption\fR and
\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\*(C'\fR\fIoption\fR are equivalent, and an \f(CW\*(C`=\*(C'\fR is optional between an option
name and its value.
.IP "\fB\-\-repository\fR \fIurl|path\fR" 4
.IX Item "--repository url|path"
Specifies the package repository from which packages should be installed
or updated, overriding the default package repository found in the
installation's TeX Live Package Database (\s-1TLPDB\s0, a file named
\&\f(CW\*(C`texlive.tlpdb\*(C'\fR).  The documentation for \f(CW\*(C`install\-tl\*(C'\fR has more details
about this (http://tug.org/texlive/doc/install\-tl.html <http://tug.org/texlive/doc/install-tl.html>).
.Sp
\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-repository\*(C'\fR changes the repository location only for the current
run; to make a permanent change, use \f(CW\*(C`option repository\*(C'\fR (see the
option action).
.Sp
For backward compatibility and convenience, \f(CW\*(C`\-\-location\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`\-\-repo\*(C'\fR
are accepted as aliases for this option.
.IP "\fB\-\-gui\fR [\fIaction\fR]" 4
.IX Item "--gui [action]"
You can give this option together with an action to be brought directly
into the respective screen of the \s-1GUI\s0.  For example, running
.Sp
.Vb 1
\&  tlmgr \-\-gui update
.Ve
.Sp
starts you directly at the update screen.
.IP "\fB\-\-gui\-lang\fR \fIllcode\fR" 4
.IX Item "--gui-lang llcode"
Normally the \s-1GUI\s0 tries to deduce your language from the environment (on
Windows via the registry, on Unix via \f(CW\*(C`LC_MESSAGES\*(C'\fR). If that fails you
can select a different language by giving this option a two-letter
(\s-1ISO\s0 639\-1) language code (with the exception for selecting simplified
or traditional Chinese). Currently supported (but not necessarily
completely translated) are:
English (en, default), Czech (cs), German (de), French (fr), 
Italian (it), Dutch (nl), Polish (pl), Russian (ru), Slovak (sk), 
Slovenian (sl), Serbian (sr), Vietnamese (vi), simplified Chinese (zh-cn),
and traditional Chinese (zh-tw).
.IP "\fB\-\-machine\-readable\fR" 4
.IX Item "--machine-readable"
In lieu of the normal output intended for human consumption, write to
standard output in a fixed format more suitable for machine parsing.
See the \*(L"MACHINE-READABLE \s-1OUTPUT\s0\*(R" section below for details.
.IP "\fB\-\-package\-logfile\fR \fIfile\fR" 4
.IX Item "--package-logfile file"
\&\fBtlmgr\fR logs all package actions (install, remove, update, failed
updates, failed restores) to a separate log file, by default
\&\f(CW\*(C`TEXMFSYSVAR/web2c/tlmgr.log\*(C'\fR. This option allows you to select a
different file for that.  This is separate from normal logging; for
that, see the option \f(CW\*(C`\-v\*(C'\fR below, and TeXLive::TLUtils.
.IP "\fB\-\-pause\fR" 4
.IX Item "--pause"
This option makes \fBtlmgr\fR wait for user input before exiting.  Useful on
Windows to avoid command windows disappearing.
.IP "\fB\-\-persistent\-downloads\fR" 4
.IX Item "--persistent-downloads"
.PD 0
.IP "\fB\-\-no\-persistent\-downloads\fR" 4
.IX Item "--no-persistent-downloads"
.PD
For net installs, activating this option makes tlmgr try to set up a
persistent connection using the Net::LWP Perl module.  
This opens only one connection between your computer and the server 
per session and reuses it, instead of initiating a new download for
each package.
.Sp
This option is turned on by default, and tlmgr will
fall back to using wget if this is not possible. If you want to disable 
usage of \s-1LWP\s0 and persistent connections, please use
\&\fB\-\-no\-persistent\-downloads\fR.
.IP "\fB\-\-no\-execute\-actions\fR" 4
.IX Item "--no-execute-actions"
Suppress the execution of the execute actions as defined in the tlpsrc
files. Only use at your own risk.
.IP "\fB\-\-debug\-translation\fR" 4
.IX Item "--debug-translation"
In \s-1GUI\s0 mode, this switch makes \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR report any missing, or more
likely untranslated, messages to standard error.  Helpful for
translators to see what remains to be done.
.PP
The standard options for TeX Live programs are also accepted:
\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-help/\-h/\-?\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`\-\-version\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`\-q\*(C'\fR (no informational messages), \f(CW\*(C`\-v\*(C'\fR
(debugging messages, can be repeated).  For the details about these, see
the TeXLive::TLUtils documentation.
.PP
The \f(CW\*(C`\-\-version\*(C'\fR option shows version information about the TeX Live
release and about the \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR script itself. If paired with \f(CW\*(C`\-v\*(C'\fR,
revision number for the used TeX Live Perl modules are shown, too.
.SH "ACTIONS"
.IX Header "ACTIONS"
.SS "help"
.IX Subsection "help"
Gives this help information (same as \f(CW\*(C`\-\-help\*(C'\fR).
.SS "version"
.IX Subsection "version"
Gives version information (same as \f(CW\*(C`\-\-version\*(C'\fR).
.PP
If \f(CW\*(C`\-v\*(C'\fR has been given the revisions of the used modules are reported, too.
.SS "gui"
.IX Subsection "gui"
Start the graphical user interface. See \fB\s-1GUI\s0\fR below.
.SS "install [\fIoption\fP]... \fIpkg\fP..."
.IX Subsection "install [option]... pkg..."
Install each \fIpkg\fR given on the command line. By default this installs
all packages on which the given \fIpkg\fRs are dependent, also.  Options:
.IP "\fB\-\-file\fR" 4
.IX Item "--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).
.IP "\fB\-\-reinstall\fR" 4
.IX Item "--reinstall"
Reinstall a package (including dependencies for collections) even if it
seems to be already installed (i.e, is present in the \s-1TLPDB\s0).  This is
useful to recover from accidental removal of files in the hierarchy.
.Sp
When re-installing, only dependencies on normal packages are followed
(not those of category Scheme or Collection).
.IP "\fB\-\-no\-depends\fR" 4
.IX Item "--no-depends"
Do not install dependencies.  (By default, installing a package ensures
that all dependencies of this package are fulfilled.)
.IP "\fB\-\-no\-depends\-at\-all\fR" 4
.IX Item "--no-depends-at-all"
When you install a package which ships binary files the respective
binary package will also be installed.  That is, for a package \f(CW\*(C`foo\*(C'\fR,
the package \f(CW\*(C`foo.i386\-linux\*(C'\fR will also be installed on an \f(CW\*(C`i386\-linux\*(C'\fR
system.  This switch suppresses this behavior, and also implies
\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-no\-depends\*(C'\fR.  Don't use it unless you are sure of what you are
doing.
.IP "\fB\-\-dry\-run\fR" 4
.IX Item "--dry-run"
Nothing is actually installed; instead, the actions to be performed are
written to the terminal.
.IP "\fB\-\-force\fR" 4
.IX Item "--force"
If updates to \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR itself (or other parts of the basic
infrastructure) are present, \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR will bail out and not perform the
installation unless this option is given.  Not recommended.
.SS "update [\fIoption\fP]... [\fIpkg\fP]..."
.IX Subsection "update [option]... [pkg]..."
Updates the packages given as arguments to the latest version available
at the installation source.  Either \f(CW\*(C`\-\-all\*(C'\fR or at least one \fIpkg\fR name
must be specified.  Options:
.IP "\fB\-\-all\fR" 4
.IX Item "--all"
Update all installed packages except for \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR itself.  Thus, if
updates to \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR itself are present, this will simply give an error,
unless also the option \f(CW\*(C`\-\-force\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`\-\-self\*(C'\fR is given.  (See below.)
.Sp
In addition to updating the installed packages, during the update of a
collection the local installation is (by default) synchronized to the
status of the collection on the server, for both additions and removals.
.Sp
This means that if a package has been removed on the server (and thus
has also been removed from the respective collection), \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR will
remove the package in the local installation.  This is called
``auto\-remove'' and is announced as such when using the option
\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-list\*(C'\fR.  This auto-removal can be suppressed using the option
\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-no\-auto\-remove\*(C'\fR.
.Sp
Analogously, if a package has been added to a collection on the server
that is also installed locally, it will be added to the local
installation.  This is called ``auto\-install'' and is announced as such
when using the option \f(CW\*(C`\-\-list\*(C'\fR.  This auto-installation can be
suppressed using the option \f(CW\*(C`\-\-no\-auto\-install\*(C'\fR.
.Sp
An exception to the collection dependency checks (including the
auto-installation of packages just mentioned) are those that have been
``forcibly removed'' by you, that is, you called \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr remove \-\-force\*(C'\fR
on them.  (See the \f(CW\*(C`remove\*(C'\fR action documentation.)  To reinstall any
such forcibly removed packages use \f(CW\*(C`\-\-reinstall\-forcibly\-removed\*(C'\fR.
.Sp
If you want to exclude some packages from the current update run (e.g.,
due to a slow link), see the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-exclude\*(C'\fR option below.
.IP "\fB\-\-self\fR" 4
.IX Item "--self"
Update \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR itself (that is, the infrastructure packages) if updates
to it are present. On Windows this includes updates to the private Perl
interpreter shipped inside TeX Live.
.Sp
If this option is given together with either \f(CW\*(C`\-\-all\*(C'\fR or a list of
packages, then \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR will be updated first and, if this update
succeeds, the new version will be restarted to complete the rest of the
updates.
.Sp
In short:
.Sp
.Vb 4
\&  tlmgr update \-\-self        # update infrastructure only
\&  tlmgr update \-\-self \-\-all  # update infrastructure and all packages
\&  tlmgr update \-\-force \-\-all # update all packages but *not* infrastructure
\&                             # ... this last at your own risk, not recommended!
.Ve
.IP "\fB\-\-dry\-run\fR" 4
.IX Item "--dry-run"
Nothing is actually installed; instead, the actions to be performed are
written to the terminal.  This is a more detailed report than \f(CW\*(C`\-\-list\*(C'\fR.
.IP "\fB\-\-list\fR [\fIpkg\fR]" 4
.IX Item "--list [pkg]"
Concisely list the packages which would be updated, newly installed, or
removed, without actually changing anything. 
If \f(CW\*(C`\-\-all\*(C'\fR is also given, all available updates are listed.
If \f(CW\*(C`\-\-self\*(C'\fR is given, but not \f(CW\*(C`\-\-all\*(C'\fR, only updates to the
critical packages (tlmgr, texlive infrastructure, perl on Windows, etc.)
are listed.
If neither \f(CW\*(C`\-\-all\*(C'\fR nor \f(CW\*(C`\-\-self\*(C'\fR is given, and in addition no \fIpkg\fR is
given, then \f(CW\*(C`\-\-all\*(C'\fR is assumed (thus, \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr update \-\-list\*(C'\fR is the
same as \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr update \-\-list \-\-all\*(C'\fR).
If neither \f(CW\*(C`\-\-all\*(C'\fR nor \f(CW\*(C`\-\-self\*(C'\fR is given, but specific package names are
given, those packages are checked for updates.
.IP "\fB\-\-exclude\fR \fIpkg\fR" 4
.IX Item "--exclude pkg"
Exclude \fIpkg\fR from the update process.  If this option is given more
than once, its arguments accumulate.
.Sp
An argument \fIpkg\fR excludes both the package \fIpkg\fR itself and all
its related platform-specific packages \fIpkg.ARCH\fR.  For example,
.Sp
.Vb 1
\&  tlmgr update \-\-all \-\-exclude a2ping
.Ve
.Sp
will not update \f(CW\*(C`a2ping\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`a2ping.i386\-linux\*(C'\fR, or
any other \f(CW\*(C`a2ping.\*(C'\fR\fI\s-1ARCH\s0\fR package.
.Sp
If this option specifies a package that would otherwise be a candidate
for auto-installation, auto-removal, or reinstallation of a forcibly
removed package, \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR quits with an error message.  Excludes are not
supported in these circumstances.
.IP "\fB\-\-no\-auto\-remove\fR [\fIpkg\fR]..." 4
.IX Item "--no-auto-remove [pkg]..."
Under normal circumstances \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR tries to remove packages which have
disappeared on the server, as described above under \f(CW\*(C`\-\-all\*(C'\fR.  This
option prevents any such removals, either for all packages (with
\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-all\*(C'\fR), or the given \fIpkg\fR names.
.IP "\fB\-\-no\-auto\-install\fR [\fIpkg\fR]..." 4
.IX Item "--no-auto-install [pkg]..."
Under normal circumstances \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR will install packages which are new
on the server, as described above under \f(CW\*(C`\-\-all\*(C'\fR.  This option prevents
any such automatic installation, either for all packages (with
\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-all\*(C'\fR), or the given \fIpkg\fR names.
.Sp
Furthermore, after the \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR run using this has finished, the
packages that would have been auto-installed \fIwill be considered as
forcibly removed\fR.  So, if \f(CW\*(C`foobar\*(C'\fR is the only new package on the
server, then
.Sp
.Vb 1
\&  tlmgr update \-\-all \-\-no\-auto\-install
.Ve
.Sp
is equivalent to
.Sp
.Vb 2
\&  tlmgr update \-\-all
\&  tlmgr remove \-\-force foobar
.Ve
.IP "\fB\-\-reinstall\-forcibly\-removed\fR" 4
.IX Item "--reinstall-forcibly-removed"
Under normal circumstances \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR will not install packages that have
been forcibly removed by the user; that is, removed with \f(CW\*(C`remove
\&\-\-force\*(C'\fR, or whose installation was prohibited by \f(CW\*(C`\-\-no\-auto\-install\*(C'\fR
during an earlier update.
.Sp
This option makes \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR ignore the forcible removals and re-install
all such packages. This can be used to completely synchronize an
installation with the server's idea of what is available:
.Sp
.Vb 1
\&  tlmgr update \-\-reinstall\-forcibly\-removed \-\-all
.Ve
.IP "\fB\-\-backup\fR and \fB\-\-backupdir\fR \fIdirectory\fR" 4
.IX Item "--backup and --backupdir directory"
These two options control the creation of backups of packages \fIbefore\fR
updating; that is, backup of packages as currently installed.  If
neither of these options are given, no backup package will be saved. If
\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-backupdir\*(C'\fR is given and specifies a writable directory then a backup
will be made in that location. If only \f(CW\*(C`\-\-backup\*(C'\fR is given, then a
backup will be made to the directory previously set via the \f(CW\*(C`option\*(C'\fR
action (see below). If both are given then a backup will be made to the
specified \fIdirectory\fR.
.Sp
You can set options via the \f(CW\*(C`option\*(C'\fR action to automatically create
backups for all packages, and/or keep only a certain number of
backups.  Please see the \f(CW\*(C`option\*(C'\fR action for details.
.Sp
\&\f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR always makes a temporary backup when updating packages, in case
of download or other failure during an update.  In contrast, the purpose
of this \f(CW\*(C`\-\-backup\*(C'\fR option is to allow you to save a persistent backup
in case the actual \fIcontent\fR of the update causes problems, e.g.,
introduces an incompatibility.
.Sp
The \f(CW\*(C`restore\*(C'\fR action explains how to restore from a backup.
.IP "\fB\-\-no\-depends\fR" 4
.IX Item "--no-depends"
If you call for updating a package normally all depending packages
will also be checked for updates and updated if necessary. This switch
suppresses this behavior.
.IP "\fB\-\-no\-depends\-at\-all\fR" 4
.IX Item "--no-depends-at-all"
See above under \fBinstall\fR (and beware).
.IP "\fB\-\-force\fR" 4
.IX Item "--force"
Force update of normal packages, without updating \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR itself 
(unless the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-self\*(C'\fR option is also given).  Not recommended.
.Sp
Also, \f(CW\*(C`update \-\-list\*(C'\fR is still performed regardless of this option.
.PP
If the package on the server is older than the package already installed
(e.g., if the selected mirror is out of date), \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR does not
downgrade.  Also, packages for uninstalled platforms are not installed.
.SS "backup [\-\-clean[=\fIN\fP]] [\-\-backupdir \fIdir\fP] [\-\-all | \fIpkg\fP]..."
.IX Subsection "backup [--clean[=N]] [--backupdir dir] [--all | pkg]..."
If the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-clean\*(C'\fR option is not specified, this action makes a backup of
the given packages, or all packages given \f(CW\*(C`\-\-all\*(C'\fR. These backups are
saved to the value of the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-backupdir\*(C'\fR option, if that is an existing and
writable directory. If \f(CW\*(C`\-\-backupdir\*(C'\fR is not given, the \f(CW\*(C`backupdir\*(C'\fR
option setting in the \s-1TLPDB\s0 is used, if present.  If both are missing,
no backups are made.
.PP
If the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-clean\*(C'\fR option is specified, backups are pruned (removed)
instead of saved. The optional integer value \fIN\fR may be specified to
set the number of backups that will be retained when cleaning. If \f(CW\*(C`N\*(C'\fR
is not given, the value of the \f(CW\*(C`autobackup\*(C'\fR option is used. If both are
missing, an error is issued. For more details of backup pruning, see
the \f(CW\*(C`option\*(C'\fR action.
.PP
Options:
.IP "\fB\-\-backupdir\fR \fIdirectory\fR" 4
.IX Item "--backupdir directory"
Overrides the \f(CW\*(C`backupdir\*(C'\fR option setting in the \s-1TLPDB\s0.
The \fIdirectory\fR argument is required and must specify an existing,
writable directory where backups are to be placed.
.IP "\fB\-\-all\fR" 4
.IX Item "--all"
If \f(CW\*(C`\-\-clean\*(C'\fR is not specified, make a backup of all packages in the TeX
Live installation; this will take quite a lot of space and time.  If
\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-clean\*(C'\fR is specified, all packages are pruned.
.IP "\fB\-\-clean\fR[=\fIN\fR]" 4
.IX Item "--clean[=N]"
Instead of making backups, prune the backup directory of old backups, as
explained above. The optional integer argument \fIN\fR overrides the
\&\f(CW\*(C`autobackup\*(C'\fR option set in the \s-1TLPDB\s0.  You must use \f(CW\*(C`\-\-all\*(C'\fR or a list
of packages together with this option, as desired.
.IP "\fB\-\-dry\-run\fR" 4
.IX Item "--dry-run"
Nothing is actually backed up or removed; instead, the actions to be
performed are written to the terminal.
.SS "restore [\-\-backupdir \fIdir\fP] [\-\-all | \fIpkg\fP [\fIrev\fP]]"
.IX Subsection "restore [--backupdir dir] [--all | pkg [rev]]"
Restore a package from a previously-made backup.
.PP
If \f(CW\*(C`\-\-all\*(C'\fR is given, try to restore the latest revision of all 
package backups found in the backup directory.
.PP
Otherwise, if neither \fIpkg\fR nor \fIrev\fR are given, list the available backup
revisions for all packages.
.PP
With \fIpkg\fR given but no \fIrev\fR, list all available backup revisions of
\&\fIpkg\fR.
.PP
When listing available packages tlmgr shows the revision and in 
parenthesis the creation time if available (in format yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm).
.PP
With both \fIpkg\fR and \fIrev\fR, tries to restore the package from the
specified backup.
.PP
Options:
.IP "\fB\-\-all\fR" 4
.IX Item "--all"
Try to restore the latest revision of all package backups found in the
backup directory. Additional non-option arguments (like \fIpkg\fR) are not
allowed.
.IP "\fB\-\-backupdir\fR \fIdirectory\fR" 4
.IX Item "--backupdir directory"
Specify the directory where the backups are to be found. If not given it
will be taken from the configuration setting in the \s-1TLPDB\s0.
.IP "\fB\-\-dry\-run\fR" 4
.IX Item "--dry-run"
Nothing is actually restored; instead, the actions to be performed are
written to the terminal.
.IP "\fB\-\-force\fR" 4
.IX Item "--force"
Don't ask questions.
.SS "remove [\fIoption\fP]... \fIpkg\fP..."
.IX Subsection "remove [option]... pkg..."
Remove each \fIpkg\fR specified.  Removing a collection removes all package
dependencies (unless \f(CW\*(C`\-\-no\-depends\*(C'\fR is specified), but not any
collection dependencies of that collection.  However, when removing a
package, dependencies are never removed.  Options:
.IP "\fB\-\-no\-depends\fR" 4
.IX Item "--no-depends"
Do not remove dependent packages.
.IP "\fB\-\-no\-depends\-at\-all\fR" 4
.IX Item "--no-depends-at-all"
See above under \fBinstall\fR (and beware).
.IP "\fB\-\-force\fR" 4
.IX Item "--force"
By default, removal of a package or collection that is a dependency of
another collection or scheme is not allowed.  With this option, the
package will be removed unconditionally.  Use with care.
.Sp
A package that has been removed using the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-force\*(C'\fR option because it
is still listed in an installed collection or scheme will not be
updated, and will be mentioned as \fBforcibly removed\fR in the output of
\&\fBtlmgr update \-\-list\fR.
.IP "\fB\-\-dry\-run\fR" 4
.IX Item "--dry-run"
Nothing is actually removed; instead, the actions to be performed are
written to the terminal.
.SS "repository"
.IX Subsection "repository"
.IP "\fBrepository list\fR" 4
.IX Item "repository list"
.PD 0
.IP "\fBrepository add \f(BIpath\fB [\f(BItag\fB]\fR" 4
.IX Item "repository add path [tag]"
.IP "\fBrepository remove \f(BIpath|tag\fB\fR" 4
.IX Item "repository remove path|tag"
.IP "\fBrepository set \f(BIpath\fB[#\f(BItag\fB] [\f(BIpath\fB[#\f(BItag\fB] ...]\fR" 4
.IX Item "repository set path[#tag] [path[#tag] ...]"
.PD
This action manages the list of repositories.  See \*(L"\s-1MULTIPLE\s0
\&\s-1REPOSITORIES\s0\*(R" below for detailed explanations.
.Sp
The first form (\f(CW\*(C`list\*(C'\fR) lists all configured repositories and the
respective tags if set.  The second form (\f(CW\*(C`add\*(C'\fR) adds a repository
(optionally attaching a tag) to the list of repositories.  The third
form (\f(CW\*(C`remove\*(C'\fR) removes a repository, either by full path/url, or by
tag.  The last form (\f(CW\*(C`set\*(C'\fR) sets the list of repositories to the items
given on the command line, not keeping previous settings
.Sp
In all cases, one of the repositories must be tagged as \f(CW\*(C`main\*(C'\fR;
otherwise, all operations will fail!
.SS "candidates"
.IX Subsection "candidates"
.IP "\fBcandidates \f(BIpkg\fB\fR" 4
.IX Item "candidates pkg"
Shows the available candidate repositories for package \fIpkg\fR.
See \*(L"\s-1MULTIPLE\s0 \s-1REPOSITORIES\s0\*(R" below.
.SS "option"
.IX Subsection "option"
.IP "\fBoption [show]\fR" 4
.IX Item "option [show]"
.PD 0
.IP "\fBoption showall\fR" 4
.IX Item "option showall"
.IP "\fBoption \f(BIkey\fB [\f(BIvalue\fB]\fR" 4
.IX Item "option key [value]"
.PD
.PP
The first form shows the global TeX Live settings currently saved in the
\&\s-1TLPDB\s0 with a short description and the \f(CW\*(C`key\*(C'\fR used for changing it in
parentheses.
.PP
The second form is similar, but also shows options which can be defined
but are not currently set to any value.
.PP
In the third form, if \fIvalue\fR is not given, the setting for \fIkey\fR is
displayed.  If \fIvalue\fR is present, \fIkey\fR is set to \fIvalue\fR.
.PP
Possible values for \fIkey\fR are (run \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr option showall\*(C'\fR for
the definitive list):
.PP
.Vb 10
\& repository (default package repository),
\& formats    (create formats at installation time),
\& postcode   (run postinst code blobs)
\& docfiles   (install documentation files),
\& srcfiles   (install source files),
\& backupdir  (default directory for backups),
\& autobackup (number of backups to keep).
\& sys_bin    (directory to which executables are linked by the path action)
\& sys_man    (directory to which man pages are linked by the path action)
\& sys_info   (directory to which Info files are linked by the path action)
\& desktop_integration (Windows\-only: create Start menu shortcuts)
\& fileassocs (Windows\-only: change file associations)
\& multiuser  (Windows\-only: install for all users)
.Ve
.PP
One common use of \f(CW\*(C`option\*(C'\fR is to permanently change the installation to
get further updates from the Internet, after originally installing from
\&\s-1DVD\s0.  To do this, you can run
.PP
.Vb 1
\& tlmgr option repository http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet
.Ve
.PP
The \f(CW\*(C`install\-tl\*(C'\fR documentation has more information about the possible
values for \f(CW\*(C`repository\*(C'\fR.  (For backward compatibility, \f(CW\*(C`location\*(C'\fR can
be used as alternative name for \f(CW\*(C`repository\*(C'\fR.)
.PP
If \f(CW\*(C`formats\*(C'\fR is set (this is the default), then formats are regenerated
when either the engine or the format files have changed.  Disable this
only when you know what you are doing.
.PP
The \f(CW\*(C`postcode\*(C'\fR option controls execution of per-package
postinstallation action code.  It is set by default, and again disabling
is not likely to be of interest except perhaps to developers.
.PP
The \f(CW\*(C`docfiles\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`srcfiles\*(C'\fR options control the installation of
their respective files of a package. By default both are enabled (1).
This can be disabled (set to 0) if disk space is (very) limited.
.PP
The options \f(CW\*(C`autobackup\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`backupdir\*(C'\fR determine the defaults for
the actions \f(CW\*(C`update\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`backup\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`restore\*(C'\fR.  These three actions
need a directory in which to read or write the backups.  If
\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-backupdir\*(C'\fR is not specified on the command line, the \f(CW\*(C`backupdir\*(C'\fR
option value is used (if set).
.PP
The \f(CW\*(C`autobackup\*(C'\fR option (de)activates automatic generation of backups.
Its value is an integer.  If the \f(CW\*(C`autobackup\*(C'\fR value is \f(CW\*(C`\-1\*(C'\fR, no
backups are removed.  If \f(CW\*(C`autobackup\*(C'\fR is 0 or more, it specifies the
number of backups to keep.  Thus, backups are disabled if the value is
0.  In the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-clean\*(C'\fR mode of the \f(CW\*(C`backup\*(C'\fR action this option also
specifies the number to be kept.
.PP
To setup \f(CW\*(C`autobackup\*(C'\fR to \f(CW\*(C`\-1\*(C'\fR on the command line, use either:
.PP
.Vb 1
\&  tlmgr option autobackup infty
.Ve
.PP
or:
.PP
.Vb 1
\&  tlmgr option \-\- autobackup \-1
.Ve
.PP
The \f(CW\*(C`\-\-\*(C'\fR avoids having the \f(CW\*(C`\-1\*(C'\fR treated as an option.  (\f(CW\*(C`\-\-\*(C'\fR stops
parsing for options at the point where it appears; this is a general
feature across most Unix programs.)
.PP
The \f(CW\*(C`sys_bin\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`sys_man\*(C'\fR, and \f(CW\*(C`sys_info\*(C'\fR options are used on
Unix-like systems to control the generation of links for executables,
info files and man pages. See the \f(CW\*(C`path\*(C'\fR action for details.
.PP
The last three options control behaviour on Windows installations.  If
\&\f(CW\*(C`desktop_integration\*(C'\fR is set, then some packages will install items in
a sub-folder of the Start menu for \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr gui\*(C'\fR, documentation, etc.  If
\&\f(CW\*(C`fileassocs\*(C'\fR is set, Windows file associations are made (see also the
\&\f(CW\*(C`postaction\*(C'\fR action).  Finally, if \f(CW\*(C`multiuser\*(C'\fR is set, then adaptions
to the registry and the menus are done for all users on the system
instead of only the current user.  All three options are on by default.
.SS "conf [texmf|tlmgr [\fIkey\fP [\fIvalue\fP]]]"
.IX Subsection "conf [texmf|tlmgr [key [value]]]"
With only \f(CW\*(C`conf\*(C'\fR, show general configuration information for TeX Live,
including active configuration files, path settings, and more.  This is
like the \f(CW\*(C`texconfig conf\*(C'\fR call, but works on all supported platforms.
.PP
With either \f(CW\*(C`conf texmf\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`conf tlmgr\*(C'\fR given in addition, shows all
key/value pairs (i.e., all settings) as saved in \f(CW\*(C`ROOT/texmf.cnf\*(C'\fR or
the tlmgr configuration file (see below), respectively.
.PP
If \fIkey\fR is given in addition, shows the value of only that given
\&\fIkey\fR in the respective file.
.PP
If \fIvalue\fR is given in addition, \fIkey\fR is set to \fIvalue\fR in the 
respective file.  \fINo error checking is done!\fR
.PP
Practical application: if the execution of (some or all) system commands
via \f(CW\*(C`\ewrite18\*(C'\fR was left enabled during installation, you can disable
it afterwards:
.PP
.Vb 1
\&  tlmgr conf texmf shell_escape 0
.Ve
.PP
Warning: The general facility is here, but tinkering with settings in
this way is very strongly discouraged.  Again, no error checking is
done, so any sort of breakage is possible.
.SS "paper"
.IX Subsection "paper"
.IP "\fBpaper [a4|letter]\fR" 4
.IX Item "paper [a4|letter]"
.PD 0
.IP "\fB[xdvi|pdftex|dvips|dvipdfmx|dvipdfm|context]\ paper\ [\f(BIpapersize\fB|\-\-list]\fR" 4
.IX Item "[xdvi|pdftex|dvips|dvipdfmx|dvipdfm|context]paper[papersize|--list]"
.PD
.PP
With no arguments (\f(CW\*(C`tlmgr paper\*(C'\fR), shows the default paper size setting
for all known programs.
.PP
With one argument (e.g., \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr paper a4\*(C'\fR), sets the default for all
known programs to that paper size.
.PP
With a program given as the first argument and no paper size specified
(e.g., \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr dvips paper\*(C'\fR), shows the default paper size for that
program.
.PP
With a program given as the first argument and a paper size as the last
argument (e.g., \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr dvips paper a4\*(C'\fR), set the default for that
program to that paper size.
.PP
With a program given as the first argument and \f(CW\*(C`\-\-list\*(C'\fR given as the
last argument (e.g., \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr dvips paper \-\-list\*(C'\fR), shows all valid paper
sizes for that program.  The first size shown is the default.
.PP
Incidentally, this syntax of having a specific program name before the
\&\f(CW\*(C`paper\*(C'\fR keyword may seem strange.  It is inherited from the
longstanding \f(CW\*(C`texconfig\*(C'\fR script, which supports other configuration
settings for some programs, notably \f(CW\*(C`dvips\*(C'\fR.  \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR does not support
those extra settings at present.
.SS "platform list|add|remove \fIplatform\fP..."
.IX Subsection "platform list|add|remove platform..."
\&\f(CW\*(C`platform list\*(C'\fR lists the TeX Live names of all the platforms
(a.k.a. architectures), (\f(CW\*(C`i386\-linux\*(C'\fR, ...) available at the package
repository.
.PP
\&\f(CW\*(C`platform add\*(C'\fR \fIplatform\fR... adds the executables for each given platform
\&\fIplatform\fR to the installation from the repository.
.PP
\&\f(CW\*(C`platform remove\*(C'\fR \fIplatform\fR... removes the executables for each given 
platform \fIplatform\fR from the installation, but keeps the currently 
running platform in any case.
.PP
\&\f(CW\*(C`arch\*(C'\fR is a synonym for \f(CW\*(C`platform\*(C'\fR.
.PP
Options:
.IP "\fB\-\-dry\-run\fR" 4
.IX Item "--dry-run"
Nothing is actually installed; instead, the actions to be performed are
written to the terminal.
.SS "print-platform"
.IX Subsection "print-platform"
Print the TeX Live identifier for the detected platform
(hardware/operating system) combination to standard output, and exit.
\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-print\-arch\*(C'\fR is a synonym.
.SS "info [\fIoption\fP...] [collections|schemes|\fIpkg\fP...]"
.IX Subsection "info [option...] [collections|schemes|pkg...]"
With no argument, lists all packages available at the package
repository, prefixing those already installed with \f(CW\*(C`i\*(C'\fR.
.PP
With the single word \f(CW\*(C`collections\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`schemes\*(C'\fR as the argument, lists
the request type instead of all packages.
.PP
With any other arguments, display information about \fIpkg\fR: the name,
category, short and long description, installation status, and TeX Live
revision number.  If \fIpkg\fR is not locally installed, searches in the
remote installation source.
.PP
It also displays information taken from the TeX Catalogue, namely the
package version, date, and license.  Consider these, especially the
package version, as approximations only, due to timing skew of the
updates of the different pieces.  By contrast, the \f(CW\*(C`revision\*(C'\fR value
comes directly from \s-1TL\s0 and is reliable.
.PP
The former actions \f(CW\*(C`show\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`list\*(C'\fR are merged into this action,
but are still supported for backward compatibility.
.PP
Options:
.IP "\fB\-\-list\fR" 4
.IX Item "--list"
If the option \f(CW\*(C`\-\-list\*(C'\fR is given with a package, the list of contained
files is also shown, including those for platform-specific dependencies.
When given with schemes and collections, \f(CW\*(C`\-\-list\*(C'\fR outputs their
dependencies in a similar way.
.IP "\fB\-\-only\-installed\fR" 4
.IX Item "--only-installed"
If this options is given,  the installation source will
not be used; only locally installed packages, collections, or schemes
are listed.
(Does not work for listing of packages for now)
.IP "\fB\-\-taxonomy\fR" 4
.IX Item "--taxonomy"
.PD 0
.IP "\fB\-\-keyword\fR" 4
.IX Item "--keyword"
.IP "\fB\-\-functionality\fR" 4
.IX Item "--functionality"
.IP "\fB\-\-characterization\fR" 4
.IX Item "--characterization"
.PD
In addition to the normal data displayed, also display information for
given packages from the corresponding taxonomy (or all of them).  See
\&\*(L"\s-1TAXONOMIES\s0\*(R" below for details.
.SS "search [\fIoption\fP...] \fIwhat\fP"
.IX Subsection "search [option...] what"
\fIsearch [\fIoption\fI...] \-\-file \fIwhat\fI\fR
.IX Subsection "search [option...] --file what"
.PP
\fIsearch [\fIoption\fI...] \-\-taxonomy \fIwhat\fI\fR
.IX Subsection "search [option...] --taxonomy what"
.PP
\fIsearch [\fIoption\fI...] \-\-keyword \fIwhat\fI\fR
.IX Subsection "search [option...] --keyword what"
.PP
\fIsearch [\fIoption\fI...] \-\-functionality \fIwhat\fI\fR
.IX Subsection "search [option...] --functionality what"
.PP
\fIsearch [\fIoption\fI...] \-\-characterization \fIwhat\fI\fR
.IX Subsection "search [option...] --characterization what"
.PP
\fIsearch [\fIoption\fI...] \-\-all \fIwhat\fI\fR
.IX Subsection "search [option...] --all what"
.PP
By default, search the names, short descriptions, and long descriptions
of all locally installed packages for the argument \fIwhat\fR, interpreted
as a regular expression.
.PP
Options:
.IP "\fB\-\-global\fR" 4
.IX Item "--global"
Search the TeX Live Database of the installation medium, instead of the
local installation.
.IP "\fB\-\-word\fR" 4
.IX Item "--word"
Restrict the search to match only full words. For example, searching for
\&\f(CW\*(C`table\*(C'\fR with this option will not output packages containing the
word \f(CW\*(C`tables\*(C'\fR (unless they also contain the word \f(CW\*(C`table\*(C'\fR on its own).
.IP "\fB\-\-list\fR" 4
.IX Item "--list"
If a search for any (or all) taxonomies is done, by specifying one of
the taxonomy options below, then instead of searching for packages, list
the entire corresponding taxonomy (or all of them).  See
\&\*(L"\s-1TAXONOMIES\s0\*(R" below.
.PP
Other search options are selected by specifying one of the following:
.IP "\fB\-\-file\fR" 4
.IX Item "--file"
List all filenames containing \fIwhat\fR.
.IP "\fB\-\-taxonomy\fR" 4
.IX Item "--taxonomy"
.PD 0
.IP "\fB\-\-keyword\fR" 4
.IX Item "--keyword"
.IP "\fB\-\-functionality\fR" 4
.IX Item "--functionality"
.IP "\fB\-\-characterization\fR" 4
.IX Item "--characterization"
.PD
Search in the corresponding taxonomy (or all) instead of the package
descriptions.  See \*(L"\s-1TAXONOMIES\s0\*(R" below.
.IP "\fB\-\-all\fR" 4
.IX Item "--all"
Search for package names, descriptions, and taxonomies, but not files.
.SS "dump-tlpdb [\-\-local|\-\-remote]"
.IX Subsection "dump-tlpdb [--local|--remote]"
Dump complete local or remote \s-1TLPDB\s0 to standard output, as-is.  The
output is analogous to the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-machine\-readable\*(C'\fR output; see
\&\*(L"MACHINE-READABLE \s-1OUTPUT\s0\*(R" section.
.PP
Options:
.IP "\fB\-\-local\fR" 4
.IX Item "--local"
Dump the local tlpdb.
.IP "\fB\-\-remote\fR" 4
.IX Item "--remote"
Dump the remote tlpdb.
.PP
Exactly one of \f(CW\*(C`\-\-local\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`\-\-remote\*(C'\fR must be given.
.PP
In either case, the first line of the output specifies the repository
location, in this format:
.PP
.Vb 1
\&  "location\-url" "\et" location
.Ve
.PP
where \f(CW\*(C`location\-url\*(C'\fR is the literal field name, followed by a tab, and
\&\fIlocation\fR is the file or url to the repository.
.PP
Line endings may be either \s-1LF\s0 or \s-1CRLF\s0 depending on the current platform.
.SS "check [\fIoption\fP]... [files|depends|executes|runfiles|all]"
.IX Subsection "check [option]... [files|depends|executes|runfiles|all]"
Executes one (or all) check(s) on the consistency of the installation.
.IP "\fBfiles\fR" 4
.IX Item "files"
Checks that all files listed in the local \s-1TLPDB\s0 (\f(CW\*(C`texlive.tlpdb\*(C'\fR) are
actually present, and lists those missing.
.IP "\fBdepends\fR" 4
.IX Item "depends"
Lists those packages which occur as dependencies in an installed collections,
but are themselves not installed, and those packages that are not
contained in any collection.
.Sp
If you call \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr check collections\*(C'\fR this test will be carried out
instead since former versions for \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR called it that way.
.IP "\fBexecutes\fR" 4
.IX Item "executes"
Check that the files referred to by \f(CW\*(C`execute\*(C'\fR directives in the TeX
Live Database are present.
.IP "\fBrunfiles\fR" 4
.IX Item "runfiles"
List those filenames that are occurring more than one time in the runfiles.
.PP
Options:
.IP "\fB\-\-use\-svn\fR" 4
.IX Item "--use-svn"
Use the output of \f(CW\*(C`svn status\*(C'\fR instead of listing the files; for
checking the \s-1TL\s0 development repository.
.SS "path [\-\-w32mode=user|admin] [add|remove]"
.IX Subsection "path [--w32mode=user|admin] [add|remove]"
On Unix, merely adds or removes symlinks for binaries, man pages, and
info pages in the system directories specified by the respective options
(see the option description above).  Does not change any
initialization files, either system or personal.
.PP
On Windows, the registry part where the binary directory is added or
removed is determined in the following way:
.PP
If the user has admin rights, and the option \f(CW\*(C`\-\-w32mode\*(C'\fR is not given,
the setting \fIw32_multi_user\fR determines the location (i.e., if it is
on then the system path, otherwise the user path is changed).
.PP
If the user has admin rights, and the option \f(CW\*(C`\-\-w32mode\*(C'\fR is given, this
option determines the path to be adjusted.
.PP
If the user does not have admin rights, and the option \f(CW\*(C`\-\-w32mode\*(C'\fR
is not given, and the setting \fIw32_multi_user\fR is off, the user path
is changed, while if the setting \fIw32_multi_user\fR is on, a warning is
issued that the caller does not have enough privileges.
.PP
If the user does not have admin rights, and the option \f(CW\*(C`\-\-w32mode\*(C'\fR
is given, it must be \fBuser\fR and the user path will be adjusted. If a
user without admin rights uses the option \f(CW\*(C`\-\-w32mode admin\*(C'\fR a warning
is issued that the caller does not have enough privileges.
.SS "postaction [\-\-w32mode=user|admin] [\-\-fileassocmode=1|2] [\-\-all] [install|remove] [shortcut|fileassoc|script] [\fIpkg\fP]..."
.IX Subsection "postaction [--w32mode=user|admin] [--fileassocmode=1|2] [--all] [install|remove] [shortcut|fileassoc|script] [pkg]..."
Carry out the postaction \f(CW\*(C`shortcut\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`fileassoc\*(C'\fR, or \f(CW\*(C`script\*(C'\fR given
as the second required argument in install or remove mode (which is the
first required argument), for either the packages given on the command
line, or for all if \f(CW\*(C`\-\-all\*(C'\fR is given.
.PP
If the option \f(CW\*(C`\-\-w32mode\*(C'\fR is given the value \f(CW\*(C`user\*(C'\fR, all actions will
only be carried out in the user-accessible parts of the
registry/filesystem, while the value \f(CW\*(C`admin\*(C'\fR selects the system-wide
parts of the registry for the file associations.  If you do not have
enough permissions, using \f(CW\*(C`\-\-w32mode=admin\*(C'\fR will not succeed.
.PP
\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-fileassocmode\*(C'\fR specifies the action for file associations.  If it is
set to 1 (the default), only new associations are added; if it is set to
2, all associations are set to the TeX Live programs.  (See also
\&\f(CW\*(C`option fileassocs\*(C'\fR.)
.SS "uninstall"
.IX Subsection "uninstall"
Uninstalls the entire TeX Live installation.  Options:
.IP "\fB\-\-force\fR" 4
.IX Item "--force"
Do not ask for confirmation, remove immediately.
.SS "generate [\fIoption\fP]... \fIwhat\fP"
.IX Subsection "generate [option]... what"
.IP "\fBgenerate language\fR" 4
.IX Item "generate language"
.PD 0
.IP "\fBgenerate language.dat\fR" 4
.IX Item "generate language.dat"
.IP "\fBgenerate language.def\fR" 4
.IX Item "generate language.def"
.IP "\fBgenerate language.dat.lua\fR" 4
.IX Item "generate language.dat.lua"
.IP "\fBgenerate fmtutil\fR" 4
.IX Item "generate fmtutil"
.IP "\fBgenerate updmap\fR" 4
.IX Item "generate updmap"
.PD
.PP
The \f(CW\*(C`generate\*(C'\fR action overwrites any manual changes made in the
respective files: it recreates them from scratch based on the
information of the installed packages, plus local adaptions.
.PP
The TeX Live installer and \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR routinely call \f(CW\*(C`generate\*(C'\fR for
all of these files.
.PP
For managing your own fonts, please see the documentation of
updmap, which supports multiple updmap.cfg files. So by simply
editing \s-1TEXMFLOCAL\s0's updmap.cfg they will be accounted for.
.PP
In any case, \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR updates and maintains \f(CW\*(C`updmap.cfg\*(C'\fR in
\&\f(CW\*(C`TEXMFDIST\*(C'\fR (while the other generated files are in
\&\f(CW\*(C`TEXMFSYSVAR\*(C'\fR), because that is the location where the fonts
are installed.
.PP
In more detail: \f(CW\*(C`generate\*(C'\fR remakes any of the five config files
\&\f(CW\*(C`language.dat\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`language.def\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`language.dat.lua\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`fmtutil.cnf\*(C'\fR,
and \f(CW\*(C`updmap.cfg\*(C'\fR from the information present in the local \s-1TLPDB\s0, plus
locally-maintained files.
.PP
The locally-maintained files are \f(CW\*(C`language\-local.dat\*(C'\fR,
\&\f(CW\*(C`language\-local.def\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`language\-local.dat.lua\*(C'\fR, or \f(CW\*(C`fmtutil\-local.cnf\*(C'\fR,
searched for in \f(CW\*(C`TEXMFLOCAL\*(C'\fR in the respective directories.
The formerly supported \f(CW\*(C`updmap\-local.cfg\*(C'\fR is not supported anymore,
since \f(CW\*(C`updmap\*(C'\fR now supports multiple updmap.cfg files, so local
additions can be put into an updmap.cfg file in \s-1TEXMFLOCAL\s0.
If local additions are present, the final file is made by starting
with the main file, omitting any entries that the local file specifies
to be disabled, and finally appending the local file.
.PP
Local files specify entries to be disabled with a comment line, namely
one of these:
.PP
.Vb 2
\&  %!NAME
\&  \-\-!NAME
.Ve
.PP
where \f(CW\*(C`fmtutil.cnf\*(C'\fR uses \f(CW\*(C`#\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`language.dat\*(C'\fR and
\&\f(CW\*(C`language.def\*(C'\fR use \f(CW\*(C`%\*(C'\fR, and \f(CW\*(C`language.dat.lua\*(C'\fR use \f(CW\*(C`\-\-\*(C'\fR.  In any
case, the \fIname\fR is the respective format name, or hyphenation pattern
identifier.  Examples:
.PP
.Vb 3
\&  #!pdflatex
\&  %!german
\&  \-\-!usenglishmax
.Ve
.PP
(Of course, you're not likely to actually want to disable those
particular items.  They're just examples.)
.PP
After such a disabling line, the local file can include another entry
for the same item, if a different definition is desired.  In general,
except for the special disabling lines, the local files follow the same
syntax as the master files.
.PP
The form \f(CW\*(C`generate language\*(C'\fR recreates both the \f(CW\*(C`language.dat\*(C'\fR, the
\&\f(CW\*(C`language.def\*(C'\fR and the \f(CW\*(C`language.dat.lua\*(C'\fR files, while the forms with
extension recreates only the given language file.
.PP
Options:
.IP "\fB\-\-dest\fR \fIoutput_file\fR" 4
.IX Item "--dest output_file"
specifies the output file (defaults to the respective location in
\&\f(CW\*(C`TEXMFSYSVAR\*(C'\fR for \f(CW\*(C`language*\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`fmtutil\*(C'\fR, and \f(CW\*(C`TEXMFSYSDIST\*(C'\fR
for \f(CW\*(C`updmap\*(C'\fR).  If \f(CW\*(C`\-\-dest\*(C'\fR is given to \f(CW\*(C`generate language\*(C'\fR, it serves
as a basename onto which \f(CW\*(C`.dat\*(C'\fR will be appended for the name of the
\&\f(CW\*(C`language.dat\*(C'\fR output file, \f(CW\*(C`.def\*(C'\fR will be
appended to the value for the name of the \f(CW\*(C`language.def\*(C'\fR output file,
and \f(CW\*(C`.dat.lua\*(C'\fR to the name of the \f(CW\*(C`language.dat.lua\*(C'\fR file.  (This is
just to avoid overwriting; if you want a specific name for each output
file, we recommend invoking \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR twice.)
.IP "\fB\-\-localcfg\fR \fIlocal_conf_file\fR" 4
.IX Item "--localcfg local_conf_file"
specifies the (optional) local additions (defaults to the respective
location in \f(CW\*(C`TEXMFLOCAL\*(C'\fR).
.IP "\fB\-\-rebuild\-sys\fR" 4
.IX Item "--rebuild-sys"
tells tlmgr to run necessary programs after config files have been
regenerated. These are: \f(CW\*(C`updmap\-sys\*(C'\fR after \f(CW\*(C`generate updmap\*(C'\fR,
\&\f(CW\*(C`fmtutil\-sys \-\-all\*(C'\fR after \f(CW\*(C`generate fmtutil\*(C'\fR,
\&\f(CW\*(C`fmtutil\-sys \-\-byhyphen .../language.dat\*(C'\fR after \f(CW\*(C`generate language.dat\*(C'\fR,
and
\&\f(CW\*(C`fmtutil\-sys \-\-byhyphen .../language.def\*(C'\fR after \f(CW\*(C`generate language.def\*(C'\fR.
.Sp
These subsequent calls cause the newly-generated files to actually take
effect.  This is not done by default since those calls are lengthy
processes and one might want to made several related changes in
succession before invoking these programs.
.PP
The respective locations are as follows:
.PP
.Vb 5
\&  tex/generic/config/language.dat (and language\-local.dat);
\&  tex/generic/config/language.def (and language\-local.def);
\&  tex/generic/config/language.dat.lua (and language\-local.dat.lua);
\&  web2c/fmtutil.cnf (and fmtutil\-local.cnf);
\&  web2c/updmap.cfg (and updmap\-local.cfg).
.Ve
.SH "TLMGR CONFIGURATION FILE"
.IX Header "TLMGR CONFIGURATION FILE"
A small subset of the command line options can be set in a config file
for \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR which resides in \f(CW\*(C`TEXMFCONFIG/tlmgr/config\*(C'\fR.  By default, the
config file is in \f(CW\*(C`~/.texliveYYYY/texmf\-config/tlmgr/config\*(C'\fR (replacing
\&\f(CW\*(C`YYYY\*(C'\fR with the year of your TeX Live installation). This is \fInot\fR
\&\f(CW\*(C`TEXMFSYSVAR\*(C'\fR, so that the file is specific to a single user.
.PP
In this file, empty lines and lines starting with # are ignored.  All
other lines must look like
.PP
.Vb 1
\&  key = value
.Ve
.PP
where the allowed keys are 
\&\f(CW\*(C`gui\-expertmode\*(C'\fR (values 0 or 1), 
\&\f(CW\*(C`persistent\-downloads\*(C'\fR (values 0 or 1), \f(CW\*(C`auto\-remove\*(C'\fR (values 0 or 1),
and \f(CW\*(C`gui\-lang\*(C'\fR (values like the command line arguments).  
\&\f(CW\*(C`persistent\-downloads\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`gui\-lang\*(C'\fR, and \f(CW\*(C`auto\-remove\*(C'\fR correspond to the 
respective command line options of the same name.  
\&\f(CW\*(C`gui\-expertmode\*(C'\fR switches between the full
\&\s-1GUI\s0 and a simplified \s-1GUI\s0 with only the important and mostly used
settings.
.SH "TAXONOMIES"
.IX Header "TAXONOMIES"
tlmgr allows searching and listing of various categorizations, which we
call \fItaxonomies\fR, as provided by an enhanced TeX Catalogue (available
for testing at <http://az.ctan.org>).  This is useful when, for
example, you don't know a specific package name but have an idea of the
functionality you need; or when you want to see all packages relating to
a given area.
.PP
There are three different taxonomies, specified by the following
options:
.IP "\fB\-\-keyword\fR" 4
.IX Item "--keyword"
The keywords, as specified at <http://az.ctan.org/keyword>.
.IP "\fB\-\-functionality\fR" 4
.IX Item "--functionality"
The ``by\-topic'' categorization created by J\e"urgen Fenn, as specified
at http://az.ctan.org/characterization/by\-function <http://az.ctan.org/characterization/by-function>.
.IP "\fB\-\-characterization\fR" 4
.IX Item "--characterization"
Both the primary and secondary functionalities, as specified at
<http://az.ctan.org/characterization/choose_dimen>.
.IP "\fB\-\-taxonomy\fR" 4
.IX Item "--taxonomy"
Operate on all the taxonomies.
.PP
The taxonomies are updated nightly and stored within TeX Live, so
Internet access is not required to search them.
.PP
Examples:
.PP
.Vb 5
\&  tlmgr search \-\-taxonomy exercise      # check all taxonomies for "exercise"
\&  tlmgr search \-\-taxonomy \-\-word table  # check for "table" on its own
\&  tlmgr search \-\-list \-\-keyword         # dump entire keyword taxonomy
\&  tlmgr show \-\-taxonomy pdftex          # show pdftex package information,
\&                                        #   including all taxonomy entries
.Ve
.SH "MULTIPLE REPOSITORIES"
.IX Header "MULTIPLE REPOSITORIES"
The main TeX Live repository includes a vast array of packages.
Nevertheless, additional local repositories can be useful to provide
locally-installed resources, such as proprietary fonts and house styles.
Also, alternative package repositories distribute packages that cannot
or should not be included in TeX Live, due to being under rapid
development or for other reasons.
.PP
The simplest and most reliable method is simply to temporarily set the
installation source to any repository (with the \f(CW\*(C`\-repository\*(C'\fR command
line option or \f(CW\*(C`option repository\*(C'\fR), and perform your operations.  When
you are using multiple repositories over a sustained time, however, this
is inconvenient.  Thus, it's possible to tell \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR about additional
repositories you want to use.  The basic command is \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr repository
add\*(C'\fR.  The rest of this section explains further.
.PP
When using multiple repositories, one of them has to be set as the main
repository, which distributes most of the installed packages.  If you
switch from a single repository installation to a multiple repository
installation, the previously set repository will be set as the main
repository.
.PP
By default, even if multiple repositories are configured, packages are
\&\fIonly\fR installed from the main repository.  Thus, simply adding a
second repository does not actually enable installation of anything from
there.  You also have to specify which packages should be taken from a
different repository by specifying so-called ``pinning'' rules,
described next.
.SS "Pinning"
.IX Subsection "Pinning"
Pinning a package is done by editing (creating) this file:
.PP
.Vb 1
\&  TEXMFLOCAL/tlpkg/pinning.txt
.Ve
.PP
with lines of the form:
.PP
.Vb 1
\&  repo:pkg[,pkg]
.Ve
.PP
In this line, the \fIrepo\fR is either a full url or repository tag that
was added to the repository list.  Each \fIpkg\fR is a shell-style glob for
package identifiers.
.PP
When a package \f(CW\*(C`foo\*(C'\fR is pinned to a repository, a package \f(CW\*(C`foo\*(C'\fR in any
other repository, even if it has a higher revision number, will not be
considered an installable candidate.
.PP
By default, everything is pinned to the main repository, 
as if the last line of \f(CW\*(C`pinning.txt\*(C'\fR was
.PP
.Vb 1
\&  main:*
.Ve
.SS "Multiple repository example with tlcontrib"
.IX Subsection "Multiple repository example with tlcontrib"
First, check that we have support for multiple repositories, and have
only one enabled (as is the case by default):
.PP
.Vb 3
\& $ tlmgr repository list
\& List of repositories (with tags if set):
\&   /var/www/norbert/tlnet
.Ve
.PP
Let's add the \f(CW\*(C`tlcontrib\*(C'\fR repository (<http://tlcontrib.metatex.org>,
maintained by Taco Hoekwater et al.), with the tag \f(CW\*(C`tlcontrib\*(C'\fR:
.PP
.Vb 1
\& $ tlmgr repository add http://tlcontrib.metatex.org/2012 tlcontrib
.Ve
.PP
Check the repository list again:
.PP
.Vb 4
\& $ tlmgr repository list
\& List of repositories (with tags if set):
\&    http://tlcontrib.metatex.org/2011 (tlcontrib)
\&    /var/www/norbert/tlnet (main)
.Ve
.PP
Specify a pinning entry to get the package \f(CW\*(C`microtype\*(C'\fR from \f(CW\*(C`tlcontrib\*(C'\fR:
.PP
.Vb 2
\& $ tlocal=\`kpsewhich \-var\-value TEXMFLOCAL\`
\& $ echo "tlcontrib:microtype" > $tlocal/tlpkg/pinning.txt
.Ve
.PP
Check that we can find \f(CW\*(C`microtype\*(C'\fR:
.PP
.Vb 7
\& $ tlmgr show microtype
\& tlmgr: using pinning file .../tlpkg/pinning.txt
\& tlmgr: package repositories:
\& ...
\& package:     microtype
\& category:    Package
\& ...
.Ve
.PP
\&\- install \f(CW\*(C`microtype\*(C'\fR:
.PP
.Vb 5
\& $ tlmgr install microtype
\& tlmgr: using pinning file .../tlpkg/pinning.txt
\& tlmgr: package repositories:
\& ...
\& [1/1,  ??:??/??:??] install: microtype @tlcontrib [39k]
.Ve
.PP
In the output here you can see that the \f(CW\*(C`microtype\*(C'\fR package is
installed from the \f(CW\*(C`tlcontrib\*(C'\fR repository (\f(CW@tlcontrib\fR).  (By the
way, hopefully the new version of microtype that is in tlcontrib as of
this writing will be released on \s-1CTAN\s0 soon, but meanwhile, it serves as
an example.)
.SH "GUI FOR TLMGR"
.IX Header "GUI FOR TLMGR"
The graphical user interface for \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR needs Perl/Tk to be installed.
For Windows the necessary modules are shipped within TeX Live, for all
other (i.e., Unix-based) systems Perl/Tk (as well as Perl of course) has
to be installed.  <http://tug.org/texlive/distro.html#perltk> has a
list of invocations for some distros.
.PP
When started with \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr gui\*(C'\fR the graphical user interface will be
shown.  The main window contains a menu bar, the main display, and a
status area where messages normally shown on the console are displayed.
.PP
Within the main display there are three main parts: the \f(CW\*(C`Display
configuration\*(C'\fR area, the list of packages, and the action buttons.
.PP
Also, at the top right the currently loaded repository is shown; this
also acts as a button and when clicked will try to load the default
repository.  To load a different repository, see the \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR menu item.
.PP
Finally, the status area at the bottom of the window gives additional
information about what is going on.
.SS "Main display"
.IX Subsection "Main display"
\fIDisplay configuration area\fR
.IX Subsection "Display configuration area"
.PP
The first part of the main display allows you to specify (filter) which
packages are shown.  By default, all are shown.  Changes here are
reflected right away.
.IP "Status" 4
.IX Item "Status"
Select whether to show all packages (the default), only those installed,
only those \fInot\fR installed, or only those with update available.
.IP "Category" 4
.IX Item "Category"
Select which categories are shown: packages, collections, and/or
schemes.  These are briefly explained in the \*(L"\s-1DESCRIPTION\s0\*(R" section
above.
.IP "Match" 4
.IX Item "Match"
Select packages matching for a specific pattern.  By default, this uses
the same algorithm as \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr search\*(C'\fR, i.e., searches everything:
descriptions, taxonomies, and/or filenames.  You can also select any
subset for searching.
.IP "Selection" 4
.IX Item "Selection"
Select packages to those selected, those not selected, or all.  Here,
``selected'' means that the checkbox in the beginning of the line of a
package is ticked.
.IP "Display configuration buttons" 4
.IX Item "Display configuration buttons"
To the right there are three buttons: select all packages, select none
(a.k.a. deselect all), and reset all these filters to the defaults,
i.e., show all available.
.PP
\fIPackage list area\fR
.IX Subsection "Package list area"
.PP
The second are of the main display lists all installed packages.  If a
repository is loaded, those that are available but not installed are
also listed.
.PP
Double clicking on a package line pops up an informational window with
further details: the long description, included files, etc.
.PP
Each line of the package list consists of the following items:
.IP "a checkbox" 4
.IX Item "a checkbox"
Used to select particular packages; some of the action buttons (see
below) work only on the selected packages.
.IP "package name" 4
.IX Item "package name"
The name (identifier) of the package as given in the database.
.IP "local revision (and version)" 4
.IX Item "local revision (and version)"
If the package is installed the TeX Live revision number for the
installed package will be shown.  If there is a catalogue version given
in the database for this package, it will be shown in parentheses.
However, the catalogue version, unlike the \s-1TL\s0 revision, is not
guaranteed to reflect what is actually installed.
.IP "remote revision (and version)" 4
.IX Item "remote revision (and version)"
If a repository has been loaded the revision of the package in the
repository (if present) is shown.  As with the local column, if a
catalogue version is provided it will be displayed.  And also as with
the local column, the catalogue version may be stale.
.IP "short description" 4
.IX Item "short description"
The short description of the package.
.PP
\fIMain display action buttons\fR
.IX Subsection "Main display action buttons"
.PP
Below the list of packages are several buttons:
.IP "Update all installed" 4
.IX Item "Update all installed"
This calls \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr update \-\-all\*(C'\fR, i.e., tries to update all available
packages.  Below this button is a toggle to allow reinstallation of
previously removed packages as part of this action.
.Sp
The other four buttons only work on the selected packages, i.e., those
where the checkbox at the beginning of the package line is ticked.
.IP "Update" 4
.IX Item "Update"
Update only the selected packages.
.IP "Install" 4
.IX Item "Install"
Install the selected packages; acts like \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr install\*(C'\fR, i.e., also
installs dependencies.  Thus, installing a collection installs all its
constituent packages.
.IP "Remove" 4
.IX Item "Remove"
Removes the selected packages; acts like \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr remove\*(C'\fR, i.e., it will
also remove dependencies of collections (but not dependencies of normal
packages).
.IP "Backup" 4
.IX Item "Backup"
Makes a backup of the selected packages; acts like \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr backup\*(C'\fR. This
action needs the option \f(CW\*(C`backupdir\*(C'\fR set (see \f(CW\*(C`Options \-\*(C'\fR General>).
.SS "Menu bar"
.IX Subsection "Menu bar"
The following entries can be found in the menu bar:
.IP "\fBtlmgr\fR menu" 4
.IX Item "tlmgr menu"
The items here load various repositories: the default as specified in
the TeX Live database, the default network repository, the repository
specified on the command line (if any), and an arbitrarily
manually-entered one.  Also has the so-necessary \f(CW\*(C`quit\*(C'\fR operation.
.IP "\fBOptions menu\fR" 4
.IX Item "Options menu"
Provides access to several groups of options: \f(CW\*(C`Paper\*(C'\fR (configuration of
default paper sizes), \f(CW\*(C`Platforms\*(C'\fR (only on Unix, configuration of the
supported/installed platforms), \f(CW\*(C`GUI Language\*(C'\fR (select language used in
the \s-1GUI\s0 interface), and \f(CW\*(C`General\*(C'\fR (everything else).
.Sp
Several toggles are also here.  The first is \f(CW\*(C`Expert options\*(C'\fR, which is
set by default.  If you turn this off, the next time you start the \s-1GUI\s0 a
simplified screen will be shown that display only the most important
functionality.  This setting is saved in the configuration file of
\&\f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR; see \*(L"\s-1CONFIGURATION\s0 \s-1FILE\s0\*(R" for details.
.Sp
The other toggles are all off by default: for debugging output, to
disable the automatic installation of new packages, and to disable the
automatic removal of packages deleted from the server.  Playing with the
choices of what is or isn't installed may lead to an inconsistent TeX Live
installation; e.g., when a package is renamed.
.IP "\fBActions menu\fR" 4
.IX Item "Actions menu"
Provides access to several actions: update the filename database (aka
\&\f(CW\*(C`ls\-R\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`mktexlsr\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`texhash\*(C'\fR), rebuild all formats (\f(CW\*(C`fmtutil\-sys
\&\-\-all\*(C'\fR), update the font map database (\f(CW\*(C`updmap\-sys\*(C'\fR), restore from a backup
of a package, and use of symbolic links in system directories (not on
Windows).
.Sp
The final action is to remove the entire TeX Live installation (also not
on Windows).
.IP "\fBHelp menu\fR" 4
.IX Item "Help menu"
Provides access to the TeX Live manual (also on the web at
<http://tug.org/texlive/doc.html>) and the usual ``About'' box.
.SH "MACHINE-READABLE OUTPUT"
.IX Header "MACHINE-READABLE OUTPUT"
With the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-machine\-readable\*(C'\fR option, \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr\*(C'\fR writes to stdout in the
fixed line-oriented format described here, and the usual informational
messages for human consumption are written to stderr (normally they are
written to stdout).  The idea is that a program can get all the
information it needs by reading stdout.
.PP
Currently this option only applies to the 
update, the
install, and the
option actions.
.SS "update and install actions"
.IX Subsection "update and install actions"
The output format is as follows:
.PP
.Vb 7
\&  fieldname "\et" value
\&  ...
\&  "end\-of\-header"
\&  pkgname status localrev serverrev size runtime esttot
\&  ...
\&  "end\-of\-updates"
\&  other output from post actions, not in machine readable form
.Ve
.PP
The header section currently has two fields: \f(CW\*(C`location\-url\*(C'\fR (the
repository source from which updates are being drawn), and
\&\f(CW\*(C`total\-bytes\*(C'\fR (the total number of bytes to be downloaded).
.PP
The \fIlocalrev\fR and \fIserverrev\fR fields for each package are the
revision numbers in the local installation and server repository,
respectively.  The \fIsize\fR field is the number of bytes to be
downloaded, i.e., the size of the compressed tar file for a network
installation, not the unpacked size. The runtime and esttot fields 
are only present for updated and auto-install packages, and contain
the currently passed time since start of installation/updates
and the estimated total time.
.PP
Line endings may be either \s-1LF\s0 or \s-1CRLF\s0 depending on the current platform.
.ie n .IP """location\-url"" \fIlocation\fR" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWlocation\-url\fR \fIlocation\fR" 4
.IX Item "location-url location"
The \fIlocation\fR may be a url (including \f(CW\*(C`file:///foo/bar/...\*(C'\fR), or a
directory name (\f(CW\*(C`/foo/bar\*(C'\fR).  It is the package repository from which
the new package information was drawn.
.ie n .IP """total\-bytes"" \fIcount\fR" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWtotal\-bytes\fR \fIcount\fR" 4
.IX Item "total-bytes count"
The \fIcount\fR is simply a decimal number, the sum of the sizes of all the
packages that need updating or installing (which are listed subsequently).
.PP
Then comes a line with only the literal string \f(CW\*(C`end\-of\-header\*(C'\fR.
.PP
Each following line until a line with literal string \f(CW\*(C`end\-of\-updates\*(C'\fR
reports on one package.  The fields on
each line are separated by a tab.  Here are the fields.
.IP "\fIpkgname\fR" 4
.IX Item "pkgname"
The TeX Live package identifier, with a possible platform suffix for
executables.  For instance, \f(CW\*(C`pdftex\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`pdftex.i386\-linux\*(C'\fR are given
as two separate packages, one on each line.
.IP "\fIstatus\fR" 4
.IX Item "status"
The status of the package update.  One character, as follows:
.RS 4
.ie n .IP """d""" 8
.el .IP "\f(CWd\fR" 8
.IX Item "d"
The package was removed on the server.
.ie n .IP """f""" 8
.el .IP "\f(CWf\fR" 8
.IX Item "f"
The package was removed in the local installation, even though a
collection depended on it.  (E.g., the user ran \f(CW\*(C`tlmgr remove
\&\-\-force\*(C'\fR.)
.ie n .IP """u""" 8
.el .IP "\f(CWu\fR" 8
.IX Item "u"
Normal update is needed.
.ie n .IP """r""" 8
.el .IP "\f(CWr\fR" 8
.IX Item "r"
Reversed non-update: the locally-installed version is newer than the
version on the server.
.ie n .IP """a""" 8
.el .IP "\f(CWa\fR" 8
.IX Item "a"
Automatically-determined need for installation, the package is new on
the server and is (most probably) part of an installed collection.
.ie n .IP """i""" 8
.el .IP "\f(CWi\fR" 8
.IX Item "i"
Package will be installed and isn't present in the local installation
(action install).
.ie n .IP """I""" 8
.el .IP "\f(CWI\fR" 8
.IX Item "I"
Package is already present but will be reinstalled (action install).
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "\fIlocalrev\fR" 4
.IX Item "localrev"
The revision number of the installed package, or \f(CW\*(C`\-\*(C'\fR if it is not
present locally.
.IP "\fIserverrev\fR" 4
.IX Item "serverrev"
The revision number of the package on the server, or \f(CW\*(C`\-\*(C'\fR if it is not
present on the server.
.IP "\fIsize\fR" 4
.IX Item "size"
The size in bytes of the package on the server.  The sum of all the
package sizes is given in the \f(CW\*(C`total\-bytes\*(C'\fR header field mentioned above.
.IP "\fIruntime\fR" 4
.IX Item "runtime"
The run time since start of installations or updates.
.IP "\fIesttot\fR" 4
.IX Item "esttot"
The estimated total time.
.SS "option action"
.IX Subsection "option action"
The output format is as follows:
.PP
.Vb 1
\&  key "\et" value
.Ve
.PP
If a value is not saved in the database the string \f(CW\*(C`(not set)\*(C'\fR is shown.
.PP
If you are developing a program that uses this output, and find that
changes would be helpful, do not hesitate to write the mailing list.
.SH "AUTHORS AND COPYRIGHT"
.IX Header "AUTHORS AND COPYRIGHT"
This script and its documentation were written for the TeX Live
distribution (<http://tug.org/texlive>) and both are licensed under the
\&\s-1GNU\s0 General Public License Version 2 or later.