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I'm trying to update tlmgr via Terminal using the .sh file update-tlmgr-latest.sh. When I hit the enter button i get this error:

Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing TeX Live Manager Updater......................................................................................................................................................................................
./runme.sh: Cannot find TeX Live root using kpsewhich --var-value=SELFAUTOPARENT.
./runme.sh: Please set your PATH as needed, otherwise it's hopeless.
[omurcia@dhcppc1 ~]$ sh /home/omurcia/update-tlmgr-latest.sh 
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing TeX Live Manager Updater......................................................................................................................................................................................
./runme.sh: Cannot find TeX Live root using kpsewhich --var-value=SELFAUTOPARENT.
./runme.sh: Please set your PATH as needed, otherwise it's hopeless.

I don't know how to proceed in this case. Any help is welcomed.

barbara beeton
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Óscar Murcia
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  • Welcome to TeX.SX! You can have a look at our starter guide to familiarize yourself further with our format. Any particular reason you don't want to do tlmgr update --self? – cfr Dec 26 '14 at 01:50
  • What does kpsewhich --var-value=SELFAUTOPARENT give? If you get an error, what does echo $PATH give? I'm assuming you are on OS X. – cfr Dec 26 '14 at 01:56
  • There is a bug which causes this if you use the TeX Live Utility to update, but you can avoid it by using the command line. So I'm not clear what exactly you've tried or what's happening. But tlmgr update --self is known to work around the problem, so I suggest trying that. – cfr Dec 26 '14 at 03:21
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    See my comment here. A bug report has been filed. In the meantime you can update with sudo tlmgr update --self, as @cfr suggests. – Adam Liter Dec 26 '14 at 03:42
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    @cfr As far as I know, this is not a bug in TeX Live Utility, and I suspect it's not limited to Mac OS X. The http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/update-tlmgr-latest.sh script should work for any UNIX system, but it appears to be broken. The problem has been reported to the TeX Live team. – Adam Maxwell Dec 26 '14 at 05:29
  • I'm going to try some of these solutions. I'm in Fedora 21. – Óscar Murcia Dec 26 '14 at 06:50
  • @AdamMaxwell Ah. I only guessed OS X because the OP talked about 'Terminal'. – cfr Dec 26 '14 at 11:21
  • According to Norbert Preining, the problem with update-tlmgr-latest.sh is now fixed. – Adam Maxwell Dec 26 '14 at 21:28

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