tlmgr shell

Start an interactive shell of the native TeX Live manager. More information: https://www.tug.org/texlive/tlmgr.html.

• Start an interactive shell of tlmgr:

tlmgr shell

• Run any tlmgr subcommand in the interactive shell:

subcommand arguments

• Quit the interactive shell:

quit

• List all TeX Live variables:

get

• Get the value of a TeX Live variable:

get variable

• Set the value of a TeX Live variable:

set variable value

• Restart the interactive shell:

restart

• Display the version of the current protocol:

protocol