[tex-live] Which port number is used by tlmgr?

Leo sdl.web at gmail.com
Mon May 3 17:52:57 CEST 2010


On 2010-05-03 16:15 +0100, Uwe Siart wrote:
> Leo <sdl.web at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> My network blocks some ports and I want to enable tlmgr to work. Any
>> idea what ports are required? Thanks.
>
> AFAIK tlmgr uses wget for download. wget supports HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP.
> So the ports 21, 80, and 433 should be more than sufficient.

On 2010-05-03 16:09 +0100, Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard wrote:
> Le 03/05/2010 16:53, Leo a écrit :
>> My network blocks some ports and I want to enable tlmgr to work. Any
>> idea what ports are required? Thanks.
>> 
> 80 with http mirrors, 21 (and possibly others) with ftp mirrors (most likely to
> be blocked). Default repo is a dispatching host which may redirect you to a ftp
> mirror.
>
> I suggest you explicitly select a http mirror, port 80 is very unlikely to be
> blocked. Example:
>
> tlmgr option repository http://ftp.oleane.net/pub/CTAN/systems/texlive/tlnet
>
> Complete list of mirrors at (for instance):
>
> http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/mirrors/ctan/CTAN.sites
>
> You only need to append the systems/texlive/tlnet part.
>
> Manuel.

Thank you, Uwe and Manuel. I have pointed the repo to a http mirror and
the problem is fixed.

Leo

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