[tex-live] Install script TeX Live CD doesn't work.

[Edd Barrett]

Hi,

On 5/1/07, George N. White III <gnwiii at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/30/07, Natalie <nat at switch.demon.nl> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > This afternoon I downloaded the TeX Live iso image and burned it on
> > CD. The md5 sum was verified, the copied data was verified too.
> >
> > I mounted the CD and did:
> >   # ./install-tl.sh
> >
> > This is the output:
> >   bash: ./install-tl.sh: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Permission denied
>
> Some systems mount CD's with noexec permissions.  I think this is mentioned
> in the TL documentation.  If you are on linux, it is often easier to
> mount the .iso
> image directly (using the loop device) without actually creating a
> physical CD-ROM.
>
> > bash does exist in /bin
> > sh is a symlink to bash
> >
> > I tried:
> >   # sh
> >   sh-3.1# ./install-tl.sh
> >
> > Result:
> >   sh: ./install-tl.sh: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Permission denied
> >
> > I changed back to bash.
> >
> > Then I tried to run the GUI installation
> >   # cd setuptl/
> >   # ./tlpm-i386-linux.pl
> >
> > Result:
> >   bash: ./tlpm-i386-linux.pl: /usr/bin/env: bad interpreter:
> > Permission denied
> >
> > In /usr/bin there is a file perl and a file perl5.8.7
> > /usr/bin/env does exist
> >
> >
> > Before I tried to install TeX Live, I removed the installed TeX and
> > TeTeX packages (in Synaptic package manager).
> > I'm using Linux, Kubuntu 6.06, KDE desktop.
> >
> > Can you please help me to make the Live installation work?
>
> You may need to consult someone familiar with your particular linux distro
> to find out how to change the mount permissions.
>
> --
> George N. White III <aa056 at chebucto.ns.ca>
> Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia
>

Also it is worth mentioning that on OpenBSD, the installer will hang
at a "PKG_ONLY" message. I found it is waiting for tar input from
stdin. Pressing CTRL+D seems to sort this.

-- 
Best Regards

Edd