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Recently, when I want to use tlmgr, I get the following connection error. 

C:\Windows\system32>tlmgr install tablefootnotes
No connection to the internet.
Unable to download the checksum of the remote TeX Live database,
but found a local copy so using that.

You may want to try specifying an explicit or different CTAN mirror;
see the information and examples for the -repository option at
https://tug.org/texlive/doc/install-tl.html
(or in the output of install-tl --help).

TeX Live 2018 is frozen forever and will no
longer be updated.  This happens in preparation for a new release.

If you're interested in helping to pretest the new release (when
pretests are available), please read https://tug.org/texlive/pretest.html.
Otherwise, just wait, and the new release will be ready in due time.
tlmgr.pl: package repository http://ctan.asis.io/systems/texlive/tlnet (not verified: unknown)
tlmgr.pl install: package tablefootnotes not present in repository.
tlmgr.pl: action install returned an error; continuing.
tlmgr.pl: An error has occurred. See above messages. Exiting.

However, network is working

C:\Windows\system32>ping google.com

Pinging google.com [216.58.207.78] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 216.58.207.78: bytes=32 time=135ms TTL=47
Reply from 216.58.207.78: bytes=32 time=132ms TTL=47

Ping statistics for 216.58.207.78:
    Packets: Sent = 2, Received = 2, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 132ms, Maximum = 135ms, Average = 133ms
Control-C
^C
C:\Windows\system32>ping ctan.org

Pinging ctan.org [176.28.54.184] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 176.28.54.184: bytes=32 time=97ms TTL=46
Reply from 176.28.54.184: bytes=32 time=102ms TTL=46

Ping statistics for 176.28.54.184:
    Packets: Sent = 2, Received = 2, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 97ms, Maximum = 102ms, Average = 99ms
Control-C
^C

Any idea about that?

UPDATE1:

I used the method described here to change the default repository. However, still I can not install the package I want. Although it says 2018 is frozen, the latest release in the ctan website is also 2018. So, I don't know what is wrong with that.

C:\Windows\system32>tlmgr option repository http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet
tlmgr.pl: setting default package repository to http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet

C:\Windows\system32>tlmgr install tablefootnotes
TeX Live 2018 is frozen forever and will no
longer be updated.  This happens in preparation for a new release.

If you're interested in helping to pretest the new release (when
pretests are available), please read https://tug.org/texlive/pretest.html.
Otherwise, just wait, and the new release will be ready in due time.
tlmgr.pl: package repository http://ctan.um.ac.ir/systems/texlive/tlnet (not verified: gpg unavailable)
tlmgr.pl install: package tablefootnotes not present in repository.
tlmgr.pl: action install returned an error; continuing.
tlmgr.pl: An error has occurred. See above messages. Exiting.
mahmood
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  • Your error message mentions ctan.asis.io. Can you ping that site? It won't connect for me if I try to load that page in a browser. – numbermaniac Apr 07 '19 at 06:32
  • Neither ping nor browser works for that address. How can I change the mirror? – mahmood Apr 07 '19 at 06:41
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    --repository url you can find a list of mirror urls via tug.org/texlive – daleif Apr 07 '19 at 06:43
  • I tried two mirrors from https://ctan.org/mirrors. Commands tlmgr install --repository ftp.harukasan.org tablefootnotes and tlmgr install --repository ftp.ccu.edu.tw tablefootnotes both return Cannot determine type of tlpdb from ..... – mahmood Apr 07 '19 at 08:38
  • Please see the UPDATE1. – mahmood Apr 07 '19 at 08:43
  • remove the s its tablefootnote (singular) –  Apr 07 '19 at 11:56

2 Answers2

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This might help:

sudo tlmgr --repository http://www.preining.info/tlgpg/ install tlgpg

from https://texlive.info/tlgpg/

Mohsenasm
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While running my texlive installation under Linux, I had exactly the same problem with tlmgr. That was pretty annoying. I presume the bug is somehow connected to the 2018 release already being frozen (while 2019 still not out there).

For me it helped to download and run the update-tlmgr-latest.sh script from http://tug.org/texlive/upgrade.html. I ran it first without options, which I believe did the trick.

Frederic
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  • Your answer may be relevant to another question however in this case the real problem was tlmgr.pl install: package tablefootnotes not present in repository. because the OP used the wrong package name. AND was having intermittent repository issues. Your solution is not recommended for the future unless the user has a very specific need. –  May 27 '19 at 10:11