Do `most` options of tcolorbox still work?

Question

In my distribution, the MWE fails to compile:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[most]{tcolorbox}

\begin{document}
Test
\end{document}

with the error message:

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On an up to date (by frozen) TexLive 2017, I get no errors. Exactly what have you installed and it is the full TeXLive. — daleif, Jun 28 '18 at 13:09
The MWE works for me. The error message seems to suggest that tcbposter.code.tex is missing. The question is why that file is absent if it should be on your system or why another file calls on it when it should not be on your system. Did you update any packages manually? — moewe, Jun 28 '18 at 13:09
Never do your updates manually. Maybe you forgot to update one file, or it was moved or deleted or ... Maybe you should get yourself a new TeX live 2018 and use that. Only update your system via tlmgr. Manual updates only cause trouble. — moewe, Jun 28 '18 at 15:43
I agree but the file tcolorbox.doc.poster.tex in the folder /usr/local/texlive/2017/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tcolorbox... — Colas, Jun 29 '18 at 13:47
If the file is new and was only introduced with the manual update that could be explained if you did not run texhash: https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/21726/35864 — moewe, Jun 30 '18 at 06:16
@moewe It worked. Maybe you can answer the question so that I accept it. — Colas, Jul 02 '18 at 14:09

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 02 '18 at 14:17

When a manual update to a package adds or removes files, you need to run texhash to make these changes known to TeX. See also How does LaTeX find package files?

So after a manual update it is probably a good idea to always run texhash just to be sure that all changes are picked up.

Just to repeat my warning from the comments: In general it is a really bad idea to update packages manually. Packages should always be updated only via your TeX distribution (MikTeX's Console or TeX lives' tlmgr). See How do I update my TeX distribution?. Manual updates of complex packages or of packages with many version-sensitive dependencies (expl3 packages like siunitx or chemmacros come to mind, the dependency between biblatex and Biber is a perpetual source of frustration, ...) are prone to complications.

Do `most` options of tcolorbox still work?

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