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tlmgr backup — Manage backups of TeX Live packages. The default backup directory is specified by the `backupdir` op

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Problem

How to use the tlmgr backup command: Manage backups of TeX Live packages. The default backup directory is specified by the backupdir option, and can be obtained with tlmgr option. More information: <https://www.tug.org/texlive/doc/tlmgr.html#backup>.

Solution

tlmgr backup — Manage backups of TeX Live packages. The default backup directory is specified by the backupdir option, and can be obtained with tlmgr option. More information: <https://www.tug.org/texlive/doc/tlmgr.html#backup>.

Make a backup of one or more packages:

tlmgr backup {{package1 package2 ...}}

Make a backup of all packages:

tlmgr backup --all

Make a backup to a custom directory:

tlmgr backup {{package}} --backupdir {{path/to/backup_directory}}

Remove a backup of one or more packages:

tlmgr backup clean {{package1 package2 ...}}

Remove all backups:

tlmgr backup clean --all

Code Snippets

Make a backup of one or more packages

tlmgr backup {{package1 package2 ...}}

Make a backup of all packages

tlmgr backup --all

Make a backup to a custom directory

tlmgr backup {{package}} --backupdir {{path/to/backup_directory}}

Remove a backup of one or more packages

tlmgr backup clean {{package1 package2 ...}}

Remove all backups

tlmgr backup clean --all

Context

tldr-pages: common/tlmgr backup

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