Can I install fonts from CTAN using TeX Live Utility?

Question

I have the latest version of MacTeX installed, and want to add fonts from CTAN (or other packages) that are not part of the MacTeX distribution to my system. When I specify CTAN in TeX Live Utility as the repository to download a font from (e.g, http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/) I get an error:

"Repository has a different TeX Live version ... You need to switch repositories in order to continue."

Clearly I'm doing something wrong. Can I use TeX Live Utility in this way to install and manage fonts that are not part of the MacTeX distribution? If not, what are my options?

If the packages are not part of TeXLive, then no, you can't use TeXLive Utility to install them. What fonts do you want to install? — Alan Munn, Mar 10 '12 at 04:06

score 25 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 10 '12 at 10:04

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You can't use tlmgr (or its front-end TeX Live Utility). There is a script called getnonfreefonts at http://www.tug.org/fonts/getnonfreefonts/ that you have to download with the Terminal command

curl -O http://tug.org/fonts/getnonfreefonts/install-getnonfreefonts

and then install with

sudo texlua install-getnonfreefonts

Then you can get direction on its use by

getnonfreefonts --help

For example, in order to install URW Garamond for all users you do

sudo getnonfreefonts-sys garamond

Installing fonts for one user only is not recommended.

answered Mar 10 '12 at 10:04

egreg

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“Installing fonts for one user only is not recommended.” Why? – morbusg Mar 10 '12 at 10:09
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@morbusg Because one must remember to run manually updmap every time tlmgr updates some font related package. Using updmap instead of updmap-sys is a sure source of headaches. – egreg Mar 10 '12 at 10:13
@egreg: Does that mean that after running TeXLive Utility, I need to rerun any and all other config tools I might have used outside of TeXLive (e.g., texhash or udmap)? – orome Mar 11 '12 at 22:27
@raxacoricofallapatorius No, the installation is permanent. – egreg Mar 11 '12 at 22:29
@egreg: What does the previous comment refer to then? – orome Mar 11 '12 at 22:31
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@raxacoricofallapatorius The comment refers to using getnonfreefonts instead of getnonfreefonts-sys or installing other fonts for a single user. – egreg Mar 11 '12 at 22:44
I get a 404 with curl, but wget works. – Raphael Nov 20 '14 at 10:19

Can I install fonts from CTAN using TeX Live Utility?

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