Bug#907415: tlmgr: unhelpful "Cannot determine type of tlpdb from /home/.../texmf!"

Hi Jakub, thanks for this and the other bug report concerning user mode. > $ tlmgr update > (running on Debian, switching to user mode!) > Cannot determine type of tlpdb from /home/jwilk/texmf! > cannot setup TLPDB in /home/jwilk/texmf at /usr/bin/tlmgr line 6513. > > The error messages

Bug#907415: tlmgr: unhelpful "Cannot determine type of tlpdb from /home/.../texmf!"

Package: texlive-base Version: 2018.20180824-1 Severity: minor Trying to learn how to use tlmgr was a bit unpleasant experience. I first tried this: $ tlmgr update (running on Debian, switching to user mode!) Cannot determine type of tlpdb from /home/jwilk/texmf! cannot setup TLPDB in /h