Re: how to update TexLive 2014, apt-get or tlmgr?
On Sat, 09 Aug 2014, Chris Bannister wrote:
> > I'm using TexLive 2014 from the jessie repos, and also keeping a
> > watching brief on "comp.text.tex" where it shows updates to packages as
> > they occur. I'm interested in the "tcolorbox" and "glossaries" packages
> > and see that they have recently been updated.
> >
> > What is the best way of getting the updated packages please? To update
> > with tlmgr, and then hope that the ~/texmf/tex/latex/foo version
> > overrides the texlive version, if that’s where they end up?
Wait. I normally do updates of the texlive packages once a month.
If you cannot wait, use tlmgr in self mode, install locally,
and then make sure that after TL in Debina is updated to remove it again.
These are the two options.
Norbert
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