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Impossible to install TL 2024 (TL 2023 is systematically installed instead) on Debian Desktop 12 and Ubuntu WSL

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zetyty

Today I have installed TL with the following commands (taken from [tug.org](https://www.tug.org/texlive/quickinstall.html)) on a fresh Debian 12 (also tested on WSL Ubuntu 18.04 and 22.04.3):

```
wget https://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl-unx.tar.gz
zcat < install-tl-unx.tar.gz | tar xf -
cd install-tl-20240225
sudo -s
perl ./install-tl --no-interaction
```

The installation starts and prompts:
```
Loading https://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/mirrors/ctan/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb
Installing TeX Live 2023 from: https://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/mirrors/ctan/systems/texlive/tlnet (verified)
Platform: x86_64-linux => 'GNU/Linux on x86_64'
Distribution: net  (downloading)
Using URL: https://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/mirrors/ctan/systems/texlive/tlnet
Directory for temporary files: /tmp/tEzaIvT0Ey
Installing to: /usr/local/texlive/2023
[..]
```

After setting the PATH and restarting the WSL, the command `tex --version` gives:
```
TeX 3.141592653 (TeX Live 2023)
kpathsea version 6.3.5
Copyright 2023 D.E. Knuth.
[..]
```

The installation succeed without problem but TL2023 is installed and not 2024 release.

Am I missing something?

Top Answer

samcarter

Texlive 2024 is currently still in pretest. To install it, you can follow the detailed instructions from https://tug.org/texlive/pretest.html

I usually follow these steps when installing the pretest:

- choose one of these mirrors from https://tug.org/texlive/mirmon/
- download .zip file from there, unzip and go into the folder
- run `./install-tl --repository https://texlive.info/tlpretest/ --gui text` and follow the instructions of the installer
- (to switch to the normal release after the pretest: `tlmgr option repository http://ftp.fau.de/ctan/systems/texlive/tlnet/`)

(for macOS users: in case you run into a problem with lualatex not being able to find system fonts: running `luaotfload-tool -u` solved this problem for me)

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