tlmgr is not accessible after installing TeX Live 2011 on a Ubuntu system

Question

tlmgr -gui No command 'tlmgr' found, did you mean: Command 'vlmgr' from package 'qdbm-util' (universe) Command 'rlmgr' from package 'qdbm-util' (universe) tlmgr: command not found

Since I downloaded TexLive 2011 from TUGs, shouldn't tlmgr be included? If so, why can't I access it?

I'm on Xubuntu 11.04 64 bit.

Suggested solution did not appear to work:

peter@peter-xfce:~$ export PATH=/usr/local/texlive/2011/bin/x86_64-linux:$PATH
peter@peter-xfce:~$ tlmgr --self --all update
tlmgr: package repository http://ctan.unsw.edu.au/systems/texlive/tlnet
You don't have permission to change the installation in any way,
specifically, the directory /usr/local/texlive/2011/tlpkg/ is not writable.
Please run this program as administrator, or contact your local admin.
peter@peter-xfce:~$ sudo tlmgr --self --all update
[sudo] password for peter: 
sudo: tlmgr: command not found
peter@peter-xfce:~$ tlmgr
/usr/local/texlive/2011/bin/x86_64-linux/tlmgr: missing action; try --help if you need it.
peter@peter-xfce:~$ tlmgr --help
You need to install the perl-doc package to use this program.
peter@peter-xfce:~$ 

Answer 1

try the following:

export PATH=/usr/local/texlive/2011/bin/x86_64-linux:$PATH

and then run tlmgr --self --all update. Does it work?

To set the path correctly with every login put the following as zzz-texlive.sh into /etc/profile.d/.

export PATH=/usr/local/texlive/2011/bin/`uname -i`-linux:$PATH
export MANPATH=/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf/doc/man:$MANPATH
export INFOPATH=/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf/doc/info:$INFOPATH
unset TEXINPUTS
unset TEXMFCONFIG

And you should always use updmap-sys, fmtutil-sys, if needed for installing additional fonts or creating new formats.

Answer 2

This will solve your problem:

sudo env PATH="$PATH" tlmgr --gui

Basically, sudo resets the value of $PATH (the whole environment, indeed) to a "known good" one, and is thus ignoring any changes you made to your local environment. The env command above sets the PATH variable in the environment of the tlmgr it executes, so it runs with the value of $PATH you specify on the command line.

Setting TeX Live path for root - Ask Ubuntu

Of course to get this working you'll have to add the TeX Live 2011 installation path to your PATH variable.

(For the GUI install the perl-tk package.)

Answer 3

$which latex

return for 32 bits

/usr/local/texlive/2011/bin/i386-linux/latex

or for 64 bits

/usr/local/texlive/2011/bin/x86_64-linux/latex

for update

$sudo /usr/local/texlive/2011/bin/i386-linux/tlmgr update --self

for full upgrade

$sudo /usr/local/texlive/2011/bin/i386-linux/tlmgr update --all