Have not tried to update yet but your hack seems to have worked. I'll have a look at that link for the path discussionm
Thanks very much. John Kane Kingston ON Canada > -----Original Message----- > From: stefano.fran...@gmail.com > Sent: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 09:35:53 -0500 > To: jrkrid...@inbox.com > Subject: Re: Ubuntu -tex live 2011 set paths? > >> john@ubuntu:~$ sudo tlmgr --gui >> [sudo] password for john: >> sudo: tlmgr: command not found >> >> Probably I just need another way to be root. Since I'm the only user I >> would have thought sudo would work but I really am a newbie at Linux. >> > > You used the correct sudo command. The message you got just means > that tlmgr is not on the path of the sudo user, even though it is on > your own path. This is an issue with Ubuntu, if I remember correctly, > and with the way Ubuntu manages security precautions with sudo. There > is a (not very recent) discussion here: > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/257616/sudo-changes-path-why. > > But as a quick hack: call tlmgr with the full path in front: > > $>sudo /usr/local/texlive/2011/bin/i386-linux/tlmgr --gui > > it should work. > > > Cheers, > > Stefano > > > -- > __________________________________________________ > Stefano Franchi > Associate Research Professor > Department of Hispanic Studies Ph: +1 (979) 845-2125 > Texas A&M University Fax: +1 (979) 845-6421 > College Station, Texas, USA > > stef...@tamu.edu > http://stefano.cleinias.org ____________________________________________________________ GET FREE SMILEYS FOR YOUR IM & EMAIL - Learn more at http://www.inbox.com/smileys Works with AIM®, MSN® Messenger, Yahoo!® Messenger, ICQ®, Google Talk™ and most webmails
