tlmgr in a Ubuntu-installed texlive

[Andreas Hirsch]

Marcel Fabian Krüger schrieb am 02.08.2020 um 16:33:
> On Sun, Aug 02, 2020 at 03:23:29PM +0100, Philip Taylor wrote:
>> Ah, thank you Marcel — all is now blindingly clear.  I wonder,
>> then, whether the message might usefully be amended to read
>> 
>> 
>> TLPDB: Cannot determine type of tlpdb from /home/norbert/texmf! 
>> tlmgr: running in usermode; please call `tlmgr init-usertree' if
>> you have not already done so.
>> 
> 
> I think in this situation, where the problem seems to be that at
> least one person (probably many more) just ran the given command
> without thinking too much about it, would suggest to move into a
> different direction and not to provide any direct command people can
> run. Maybe;
> 
> TLPDB: Cannot determine type of tlpdb from /home/name/texmf! tlmgr:
> running in usermode; please read the manual at
> https://url-to-the-appropriate-manual for instruction to initialize
> your usertree.

why not very clearly:

your TeXLive-installation is managed by your linux-distribution, please
use the specific tools there

Andreas

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