On Thu, 10 Aug 2017 11:37:21 +0100
Dr Eberhard Lisse <nos...@lisse.na> wrote:
>
> Before I ever upgrade I do something like
>
> tlmgr list --only-installed \
> | awk '{gsub(/:/, ""); print $2}' > tl.installed
Nice!
>
> and after upgrade
>
> tlmgr install $(cat tl.installed)
Very nice, as long as that works in dash as well as bash.
> That makes sure I get all the previous backajes back.
>
> And I synchronize from a remote HOST
>
> tlmgr install `ssh USER@HOST tlmgr list --only-installed \
> | awk '{gsub(/:/, ""); print $2}'`
>
> works equally well.
My one-linerese isn't that good. What do you mean by synchronising from
a remote host? What host? Is the preceding a substitute for making the
list then installing the list? If so, I'll just do the two step thing.
>
> I usually do
>
> tlmgr update --self --all
>
> because sometimes it wants to update itself.
> You do not have to invoke
> texhash after tlmgr, it does so itself.
Oh good. I was wondering about that, but did texhash just in case it
was still necessary. Thanks for the tip.
SteveT
