Cannot update TeXLive 2016

Asked Aug 15 '16 at 13:07

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When I try to update TeXLive with tlmgr, I get the following error:

Unknown directive ...containerchecksum c59200574a316416a23695c258edf3a32531fbda43ccdc09360ee105c3f07f9fb77df17c4ba4c2ea4f3a5ea6667e064b51e3d8c2fe6c984ba3e71b4e32716955... , please fix it! at /usr/share/texlive/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLPOBJ.pm line 210, <$retfh> line 5579.

I saw many people with the same error, but the answers were generally to switch to the 2015 repository. In my case, however, I did install the 2016 version, as described here. I read that running update-tlmgr-latest.sh, available here, could help, but it only outputs this:

Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing TeX Live ManagerUpdater............................................................................................................................................................................
./runme.sh: Cannot find TeX Live root using kpsewhich --var-value=SELFAUTOPARENT.
./runme.sh: Please set your PATH as needed, otherwise it's hopeless.

Basically, I have the same question as Gomi, but I did perform a new installation of the 2016 version of TeXLive and I would like it to work.

Thanks.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

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asked Aug 15 '16 at 13:07

optical

In a terminal, did you try kpsewhich --var-value=SELFAUTOPARENT? – Paul Gaborit Aug 15 '16 at 13:23
It prints an empty line. – optical Aug 15 '16 at 14:22
What does ’which tlmgr‘ say? – norbert Oct 03 '16 at 01:02
/usr/local/texlive/2016/bin/x86_64-linux/tlmgr – optical Oct 03 '16 at 01:20
I'm having the same problem. I installed TexLive 2016 on Linux Mint according to the instructions on https://www.tug.org/texlive/quickinstall.html , but xelatex is not installed, and when I try to update it using tlmgr, also according to the instructions on that website, I get this error message. – Mårten Feb 21 '17 at 10:13

Cannot update TeXLive 2016

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