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From a couple of days when I try to update the packages with the TeX Live Utility I get the message: Listing Failed. The Repository's URL is http://ctan.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/CTAN/systems/texlive/tlnet Going directly to this address with a browser I got error 404 Not Found and I realized that the CTAN word in the web site is lowercase, i.e. ctan. Changing the Home Repository did not work properly. Thank you very much for any advice.

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  • well you will have to switch to another repository. This one looks down.
    – Ulrike Fischer
    Aug 7, 2020 at 15:26
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    There is an up-to-date-list here: ctan.org/mirrors Then do this tlmgr option repository <insert-mirror-here>/systems/texlive/tlnet/ and you should be good to go!
    – phil-elkabat
    Aug 7, 2020 at 16:02
  • I generate the list of URLs for TeX Live Utility by parsing CTAN's site list, but it only gets updated when I release a new version. However, the only change in the next version would be from http to https, so CTAN's list is wrong. If you're seeing a problem with setting the home repository manually, please file a bug report with instructions to reproduce the problem. Thanks!
    – Adam Maxwell
    Aug 8, 2020 at 4:42
  • @phil-elkabat I am still getting the error Cannot determine type of tlpdb from /usr/local/texlive/2018/ctan.math.illinois.edu/systems/texlive/tlnet/!...
    – zyy
    Aug 13, 2021 at 6:50

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The GARR mirror (the one for Italy) appears unresponsive to the queries by tlmgr, although it appears up-to-date. If you set the repository to

http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet

then you'll be redirected to a working mirror according to some rule of “vicinity”. My queries to tlmgr are presently redirected to

http://ctan.ijs.si/tex-archive/systems/texlive/tlnet/

which is located in Slovenia.

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