upgrade and config basicTeX

basictex-install.sh

##
# A script to upgrade and config basictex
#     https://www.tug.org/mactex/morepackages.html
#
# References:
# - https://gist.github.com/kadrach/6228314
# - https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/304202
#
# Requirements:
# - homebrew
# - rg (https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep)
#
# Author:
# - muzimuzhi@gmail.com 
#
# Last modified:
# - 3 Mar 2026
##

# Save list of installed packages
tlmgr list --only-installed | rg '^i ([^:]+):.*$' -r '$1' > tl_packages.txt

# Upgrade basictex
brew upgrade basictex

# Set a CTAN mirror
# - list of available CTAN mirrors: https://ctan.org/mirrors
sudo tlmgr option repository https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/CTAN/systems/texlive/tlnet

# To keep it slim, basictex doesn't install package docs and sources by default

# Config tlmgr to install docs from now on
sudo tlmgr option docfiles 1

# (optional) Config tlmgr to install sources from now on
# sudo tlmgr option srcfiles 1

# Reinstall all packages to get docs
sudo tlmgr install --reinstall $(tlmgr list --only-installed | rg '^i ([^:]+):.*$' -r '$1')

# Install packages from the saved list
sudo tlmgr install $(cat tl_packages.txt)