Using tlmgr and a repo from a local machine

[Zdenek Wagner]

út 29. 8. 2023 v 22:22 odesílatel Angelo Graziosi <angelo.g0 at libero.it> napsal:
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> > Il 29/08/2023 21:57 CEST Angelo Graziosi ha scritto:
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> > > Il 29/08/2023 17:12 CEST Zdenek Wagner ha scritto:
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> > > > I used this command
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> > > > tlmgr --repository utente at macchina:/myApps/tlrepo/tlnet update --all
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> > > > in which "macchina" is a MBP in the LAN and "/myApps/tlrepo/tlnet" a mirror of a CTAN tlnet.
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> > > > The issue is that it asks the password two or three times **for each package** and if the packages are more than 20, this results in a very inefficient way to update.
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> > > > I wonder if someone know a trick to avoid all this...
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> > > Yes, you can use authentication by a key. Run ssh-keygen on a computer
> > > where you want to install TL. In your ~/.ssh you will find id_rsa and
> > > id_rsa.pub. Copy id_rsa.pub to macchina and append it to
> > > /home/utente/.ssh/authorized_keys (or create that file). Permissions
> > > should be 0644. Remember that each key must be a single long line, so
> > > be sure that they are not split to shorter lines. The return to the
> > > computer where you want to install TL and run "ssh utente at macchina".
> > > If it is your first access, it will ask you to accept connection and
> > > macchina will be added to .ssh/known_hosts. It should not ask for a
> > > password because you are authenticated by the key. Afterwards you can
> > > use tlmgr without a password.
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> > Interesting explanation! I will try that. Thank you!
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> Tested (at least ssh utente at macchina) and it works. Now let's wait som day to accumulate updates and then I will try with tlmgr.
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> Zdeneck, your explanation should go in the documentation of this "--repository" option; here: https://www.tug.org/texlive/doc/tlmgr.html#OPTIONS
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It's just an explanation of SSH setup but the maintainers can take it
and add to the documentation. It will certainly need instructions for
Windows but I am not a Windows expert.

> > Ciao,
> >   Angelo.

Zdeněk Wagner
https://www.zdenek-wagner.eu/