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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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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1The Tex Live Utility points to ctan.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/CTAN/systems/texlive/tlnet whereas the garr mirror is ctan.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/ctan/systems/texlive/tlnet Aug 7, 2020 at 20:26
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@AlbyStalks I guess they changed the case a few days ago, because it used to be
CTAN
– egregAug 7, 2020 at 20:58
tlmgr option repository <insert-mirror-here>/systems/texlive/tlnet/
and you should be good to go!Cannot determine type of tlpdb from /usr/local/texlive/2018/ctan.math.illinois.edu/systems/texlive/tlnet/!
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