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If I install TeXLive Pretest 2011 now, can it be upgraded to official edition with tlmgr when that is out? Or will I have to install again?

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It will be better to say "Can TeX Live 2011 beta be upgraded to the final edition?" Because I think pretest/beta is also officially developed by TeX Live team. :-) – xport Jul 16 '11 at 9:43
You can update the pretest version by tlmgr. Unfortunately I don't know the release date. – Marco Daniel Jul 16 '11 at 9:44
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No one knows the release date until the actual release :-) Anyway, it's very likely that the current tlpretest will be the released version. – mpg Jul 16 '11 at 9:51
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Sure you can. The only thing you'll have to change is the repository URL: during the pretest phase, it's one of the repos here: http://tug.org/texlive/mirmon/ but after release it will be the usual CTAN mirrors. After release, you can change the default mirror with tlmgr option repository <url> or simply tlmgr option repository ctan if you want a CTAN mirror to be chosen automatically depending on your location.

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You only have to switch to another mirror if 2011 will be announced, only a few ones host the pretest.

tlmgr --repository=<TL2011 mirror> --self --all update
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