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Ok, one more regarding this apparently pervasive issue with tlmgr and Texlive and Linux and .... sigh.

  1. So, I installed texlive on Ubuntu 18.04. So far so good.
  2. Attempted to compile an article, I get: LaTeX Error: File 'cuted.sty' not found. [\RequirePackage]
  3. Attempted tlmgr install cuted, get: tlmgr: Remote repository is newer than local (2017 < 2018)
  4. Ok, so I install texlive 2018 following the instructions here.
  5. One hour downloading packages, good.
  6. Added the paths to my .profile as instructed.
  7. Test tex --version, I get TeX 3.14159265 (TeX Live 2018). Looking good

  8. Test tlmgr version, I get

    tlmgr revision 49885 (2019-01-31 20:27:00 +0100) tlmgr using installation: /usr/local/texlive/2018 TeX Live (http://tug.org/texlive) version 2018. Even better.

  9. Attempt tlmgr install cuted, I get You don't have permission to change the installation in any way. Ok.
  10. Try sudo tlmgr install cuted, I get: tlmgr: Remote repository is newer than local (2017 < 2018). SIGH.

So what now? What can I do? I just need to compile this article please good god.

Gabriel
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  • don't know how helpful this may be but worth checking export then restart as with all deep environmental settings a system memory refresh usually helps –  Mar 28 '19 at 23:37
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    My guess is that you now have two TeX systems installed. A (presumably) TeX live 2017 from the Ubuntu package sources and one vanilla TeX live 2018 from TUG. Your paths are set up in a way to give preference to the 2018 TeX live, but sudo's paths are set up in a way to see the 2017 TeX live. I'm no Linux expert by in my limited experience it has not been enough to set the PATH as normally instructed to have sudo pick it up as well, that usually required additional work (I can't remember what exactly, though, sorry). – moewe Mar 29 '19 at 05:04
  • Maybe https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/83191 or https://askubuntu.com/q/128413/57634 can help if my guess was right. – moewe Mar 29 '19 at 05:05

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