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tlmgr paper — Manage paper size options of an TeX Live installation. More information: <https://www.tug.org/texliv

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Problem

How to use the tlmgr paper command: Manage paper size options of an TeX Live installation. More information: <https://www.tug.org/texlive/doc/tlmgr.html#paper>.

Solution

tlmgr paper — Manage paper size options of an TeX Live installation. More information: <https://www.tug.org/texlive/doc/tlmgr.html#paper>.

Show the default paper size used by all TeX Live programs:
tlmgr paper


Set the default paper size for all TeX Live programs to A4:
sudo tlmgr paper {{a4}}


Show the default paper size used by a specific TeX Live program:
tlmgr {{pdftex}} paper


Set the default paper size for a specific TeX Live program to A4:
sudo tlmgr {{pdftex}} paper {{a4}}


List all available paper sizes for a specific TeX Live program:
tlmgr {{pdftex}} paper --list


Dump the default paper size used by all TeX Live programs in JSON format:
tlmgr paper --json

Code Snippets

Show the default paper size used by all TeX Live programs

tlmgr paper

Set the default paper size for all TeX Live programs to A4

sudo tlmgr paper {{a4}}

Show the default paper size used by a specific TeX Live program

tlmgr {{pdftex}} paper

Set the default paper size for a specific TeX Live program to A4

sudo tlmgr {{pdftex}} paper {{a4}}

List all available paper sizes for a specific TeX Live program

tlmgr {{pdftex}} paper --list

Context

tldr-pages: common/tlmgr paper

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