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I change tlmgr repository

sudo tlmgr option repository http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/tex/systems/texlive/tlnet

Then when trying to install a package, e.g.

tlmgr install logreq

I get the following error:

Unknown directive ...containerchecksum c59200574a316416a23695c258edf3a32531fbda43ccdc09360ee105c3f07f9fb77df17c4ba4c2ea4f3a5ea6667e064b51e3d8c2fe6c984ba3e71b4e32716955...

/usr/share/texlive/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLPOBJ.pm line 210, <$retfh> line 5579

How can I make this work?

By installing texlive from scratch as described in tug.org/texlive/quickinstall.html and (IMPORTANT) not forgetting to change the path as described in the mentioned link I access the TexLive 2016 version.

tex --version

TeX 3.14159265 (TeX Live 2016)

However, the checksum problem persists.

Viesturs
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    you are using an old (perhaps texlive 2015) tlmgr and trying to update from a texlive 2016 repository. Do not update from texlive 2015 to 2016, just install a fresh texlive 2016 – David Carlisle Oct 03 '16 at 15:45
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    Upgrading to TeXLive 2016 (=fresh install, see https://www.tug.org/texlive/quickinstall.html) is faster than trying to fix these errors. Not counting troubles later on resulting from old packages. – gernot Oct 03 '16 at 17:46
  • Welcome to TeX.SX! You can have a look at our starter guide to familiarize yourself further with our format. – Martin Schröder Oct 04 '16 at 22:41
  • Did you run the vanilla search I suggested? As I say, you have an upstream TeX Live install and a non-upstream one. You need to eliminate the latter. – cfr Oct 06 '16 at 23:44
  • Yes, I did. But reinstalling everything seems to be an overkill. – Viesturs Oct 07 '16 at 00:00

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