Is there way to get a list of the packages which were installed when TeX Live was initially set up?
I can get a list of all present packages with tlmgr list | grep '^i' but I do not see a way to differentiate between the packages which we originally installed and the ones I installed later using tlmgr install.
I am using TeX Live 2011.
Best Answer
You could use that very same method (ie.
tlmgr list | grep '^i') with a fresh TeXLive install (you could use the--portableoption to avoid wrecking your current one).