[R-SIG-Mac] MacTeX 2020 and TeX Live Utility (No Longer Included)

[Rainer M Krug]

You know why I hate java? Here it comes:


```
rof-Dumbledore:tlcockpit rainerkrug$ tlcockpit
Graphics Device initialization failed for :  es2, sw
Error initializing QuantumRenderer: no suitable pipeline found
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Error initializing QuantumRenderer: no suitable pipeline found
	at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumRenderer.getInstance(QuantumRenderer.java:280)
	at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumToolkit.init(QuantumToolkit.java:244)
	at com.sun.javafx.tk.Toolkit.getToolkit(Toolkit.java:260)
	at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.startup(PlatformImpl.java:267)
	at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.startup(PlatformImpl.java:158)
	at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.startToolkit(LauncherImpl.java:658)
	at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication1(LauncherImpl.java:678)
	at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.lambda$launchApplication$2(LauncherImpl.java:195)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:832)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Error initializing QuantumRenderer: no suitable pipeline found
	at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumRenderer$PipelineRunnable.init(QuantumRenderer.java:94)
	at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumRenderer$PipelineRunnable.run(QuantumRenderer.java:124)
	... 1 more
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: No toolkit found
	at com.sun.javafx.tk.Toolkit.getToolkit(Toolkit.java:272)
	at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.startup(PlatformImpl.java:267)
	at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.startup(PlatformImpl.java:158)
	at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.startToolkit(LauncherImpl.java:658)
	at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication1(LauncherImpl.java:678)
	at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.lambda$launchApplication$2(LauncherImpl.java:195)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:832)
Prof-Dumbledore:tlcockpit rainerkrug$
```

Cheers,

Rainer


> On 28 Apr 2020, at 10:43, Rainer M Krug <Rainer using krugs.de> wrote:
> 
> I just checked - I still have them. I updated (using hombrew cask) to the new version of MacTeX, ant all programs are still there. And TLU still works.
> 
> Rainer
> 
> 
>> On 27 Apr 2020, at 17:44, Marc Schwartz via R-SIG-Mac <r-sig-mac using r-project.org <mailto:r-sig-mac using r-project.org>> wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks for the heads up on that. 
>> 
>> I confirmed that tlcockpit is included in the MacTeX 2020 distribution in /Library/TeX/texbin, as a symlink to the target shell script, and it is actively maintained.
>> 
>> Surprising that the missing apps PDF file did not mention that as an alternative GUI based manager that is immediately useable. 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Marc
>> 
>> 
>>> On Apr 27, 2020, at 10:27 AM, Dr Eberhard W Lisse <el using lisse.NA <mailto:el using lisse.NA>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> There is also the tlcockpit Java app on CTAN.
>>> 
>>> el
>>> 
>>> On 27/04/2020 16:07, Marc Schwartz via R-SIG-Mac wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>> One major change this year, as a result of Apple's requirement to now
>>>> use app notarization on Catalina, is that the TeX Live Utility (TLU),
>>>> as a GUI interface for updating the TeX distribution contents, is no
>>>> longer included in the MacTeX distribution.
>>> [...]
>>> 
>>> 
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Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)

Orcid ID: 0000-0002-7490-0066

Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies
University of Zürich
Office Y34-J-74
Winterthurerstrasse 190
8075 Zürich
Switzerland

Office:	+41 (0)44 635 47 64
Cell:       	+41 (0)78 630 66 57
email:      Rainer.Krug using uzh.ch
		Rainer using krugs.de
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