[Tex/LaTex] install fonts from CTAN using TeX Live Utility

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I have the latest version of MacTeX installed, and want to add fonts from CTAN (or other packages) that are not part of the MacTeX distribution to my system. When I specify CTAN in TeX Live Utility as the repository to download a font from (e.g, http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/) I get an error:

"Repository has a different TeX Live version … You need to switch
repositories in order to continue."

Clearly I'm doing something wrong. Can I use TeX Live Utility in this way to install and manage fonts that are not part of the MacTeX distribution? If not, what are my options?

Best Answer

You can't use tlmgr (or its front-end TeX Live Utility). There is a script called getnonfreefonts at http://www.tug.org/fonts/getnonfreefonts/ that you have to download with the Terminal command

curl -O http://tug.org/fonts/getnonfreefonts/install-getnonfreefonts

and then install with

sudo texlua install-getnonfreefonts

Then you can get direction on its use by

getnonfreefonts --help

For example, in order to install URW Garamond for all users you do

sudo getnonfreefonts-sys garamond

Installing fonts for one user only is not recommended.

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As a patch you can use the following script:

#!/bin/sh

#me he ayudado de http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/30307/how-to-install-latex-zip-package-from-ctan-using-texhash-on-a-nix-system
#listado de archivos tds disponibles: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/install/macros/latex/contrib

DIR_TEX=$(kpsewhich --expand-var '$TEXMFMAIN') #Devuelve el directorio donde TeX está instalado, en mi caso /usr/share/texmf
PAQUETE="memoir"
if [ $PAQUETE = "oberdiek" -o $PAQUETE = "environ" -o $PAQUETE = "footmisc" -o $PAQUETE = "hyperref" -o $PAQUETE = "titlesec" -o $PAQUETE = "tocloft" -o $PAQUETE = "enumitem" -o $PAQUETE = "fmtcount" -o $PAQUETE = "glossaries" -o $PAQUETE = "datatool"  -o $PAQUETE = "caption" -o $PAQUETE = "babel" -o "memoir" ] ; then #algunos paquetes están en /usr/share/texmf-texlive
    DIR_TEX=$(kpsewhich --expand-var '$TEXMFDIST')
    #DIR_TEX="$DIR_TEX-texlive"
fi 

if [ ! -f "$PAQUETE.tds.zip" ] ; then
    if [ $PAQUETE = "babel" ] ; then
        wget http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/latex-tds/$PAQUETE.tds.zip
    else
        wget http://mirrors.ctan.org/install/macros/latex/contrib/$PAQUETE.tds.zip
    fi
fi

unzip -o $PAQUETE.tds.zip -d $DIR_TEX
test -e $DIR_TEX/ls-R && texhash $DIR_TEX

#echo $DIR_TEX

This was done to be used with GNU/Linux, but probably with some minor fixes (like getting wget) will work in Mac. It can be used to update and install other packages as well.

Unfortunately whether to install in TEXMFMAIN or TEXMFDIST is not automatical, although most of them, like the one you want, goes in TEXMFDIST.

That's why I would recommend you to find a proper updater with your distribution that does things automatically.

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