Dear Eberhard
Thanks for this very good hint! Have noted this method just in case…
Best
Jess
Am 11. Nov. 2018, 10:04 +0100 schrieb Dr Eberhard W Lisse <e...@lisse.na>:
> Jess,
>
> also do something like
>
> tlmgr list --only-installed|awk '{print $2}'|sed s/://g > tl.2018-11-10
>
> if yuo were to inadvertently remove your "current" TL version, after
> reinstallation of TL you can run
>
> tlmgr install $(cat tl.2018-11-10)
>
> which will not re-install existing packages, but any you have previously
> installed additionally with tlmgr or the Tex Live Manager tool will be.
>
> I use MacTeX Basic and ths method and thus save a few GB :-)-O
>
> el
>
>
> On 2018-11-11 08:47 , jezZiFeR wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > yes, I am sure, because I have installed 2016, 2017 and 2018 and now
> > just kept 2017 and 18. Thanks for the terminal commands, which
> > showed, that the newer one was used.
> >
> > Best
> > Jess
