Take the 2-minute tour ×  I realized that I want/have to update
a package (moderncv). The problem is that TeX Live went frozen –
so there are no more updates. Is the only thing to do is wait
till the release of the next TeX Live?  Is there some way to
hack my TeX Live (2012) installation, and once the next version
is out revert to the newer release?  share|improve this question
Well, you can of course install it manually. If you put it in
your personal tree, you won't overwrite the TL-installed
version, nor will it be lost when you install TL 2013. There is
also TL 2013 pretest; I believe you can then use, or 'test',
tlmgr. –  jon Jun 3 '13 at 21:48 add comment  1 Answer  up vote
9 down vote accepted  You can manually update/install packages
into your local TEXMF tree. Usually they are picked up there
first so if you put a newer (or older) version of a package
there it will be taken instead of the one installed in your
distributions (TeX Live, MikTeX, etc.) TEXMF tree.  Under Linux,
Unix and similar OSs your