UK TeX FAQ -- question label inst-texlive

### Installation using TeX Live manager

TeX Live manager (tlmgr) is, by default, a shell (or Windows terminal window) command. There is voluminous documentation about it from the command

> `tldoc tlmgr`

but basic operation is pretty straightforward. The manager needs to know where to download stuff from; the canonical setup is

>     tlmgr option repository http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet

which passes the decision to the mirror selector. You can (of course) specify a particular archive or mirror that you “trust”, or even a local disc copy that you keep up-to-date (disc space and bandwidth are so cheap nowadays, that a “home mirror” of CTAN is a feasible proposition).

To update a single package, use:

>     tlmgr update <package>

To update everything you already have in your installation, use:

>     tlmgr update --all

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