Adding tftopl/pltotf to TeXlive basic

Question

I started from a basic TeXlive 2014 installation on Mac.

Recently I came across the need for the tftopl and pltotf programs. As far as I can tell, they should be provided by the texware package. Its package description reads

Basic utitility programs, comprising: - dvitype, which converts a TeX output (DVI) file to a plain text file (see also the DVI Text Language suite); - pooltype, which converts a TeX-suite program's "pool" (string) file into human-readable form; and - tftopl and pltotf, which convert TeX Font Metric (TFM) file to human readable Property List (PL) files and vice versa.

After successfully installing the texware package using tlmgr, the tftopl and pltotf programs are nowhere to be found. This is confirmed by tlmgr info texware --list:

package:     texware
category:    TLCore
shortdesc:   Utility programs for use with TeX.
longdesc:    ...
installed:   Yes
revision:    33736
sizes:       bin: 437k
relocatable: No
cat-date:    2014-02-26 23:03:13 +0100
cat-license: knuth
collection:  collection-binextra
Included files, by type:
depending package texware.universal-darwin:
bin files (all platforms):
 bin/universal-darwin/dvitype
 bin/universal-darwin/pooltype
depending package texware.x86_64-darwin:
bin files (all platforms):
 bin/x86_64-darwin/dvitype
 bin/x86_64-darwin/pooltype

So it seems that tftopl/pltotf are no longer part of the texware package. I have checked that they are not present in the archive, so it is not a faulty installation on my system.

How can these programs be added to a basic installation?

Answer 1

They are in fontware, part of collection-fontutils

> tlmgr info fontware --list
package:     fontware
category:    TLCore
installed:   Yes
revision:    33736
sizes:       doc: 49k, bin: 1149k
relocatable: No
collection:  collection-fontutils
Included files, by type:
doc files:
  texmf-dist/doc/man/man1/pltotf.1
  texmf-dist/doc/man/man1/pltotf.man1.pdf
  texmf-dist/doc/man/man1/tftopl.1
  texmf-dist/doc/man/man1/tftopl.man1.pdf
  texmf-dist/doc/man/man1/vftovp.1
  texmf-dist/doc/man/man1/vftovp.man1.pdf
  texmf-dist/doc/man/man1/vptovf.1
  texmf-dist/doc/man/man1/vptovf.man1.pdf
depending package fontware.universal-darwin:
bin files (all platforms):
 bin/universal-darwin/pltotf
 bin/universal-darwin/tftopl
 bin/universal-darwin/vftovp
 bin/universal-darwin/vptovf
depending package fontware.x86_64-darwin:
bin files (all platforms):
 bin/x86_64-darwin/pltotf
 bin/x86_64-darwin/tftopl
 bin/x86_64-darwin/vftovp
 bin/x86_64-darwin/vptovf

The depending packages are automatically installed based on the host system, so there should be no need to install them manually.