[tex-live] Problem installing TeX Live 2017 on Windows 10

Siep Kroonenberg siepo at cybercomm.nl
Sun Jun 11 16:31:06 CEST 2017


On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 09:37:18AM +0200, CarLaTeX wrote:
> I have TeX Live 2016 on my Windows 10 notebook, and I'm trying to install
> TL17.
> 
> I launched `install-tl-windows.exe` and it gave me the error shown in the
> attached image.
> 
> I've downloaded `install-tl.zip`, unzipped it and run
> `install-tl-windows.bat`. After installing a certain number of packages it
> gives me this error:
> 
> TLUtils::check_file: removing
> C:\Users\carla\AppData\Local\Temp\zvnbZP2t6t\8ErIZPJ7jZ\babel-ukrainian.tar.xz,
> sizes differ:
> TLUtils::check_file:   TL=5180, arg=4640
> TLPDB::_install_package: downloading did not succeed
> Installation failed.
> Rerunning the installer will try to restart the installation.
> Or you can restart by running the installer with:
>  install-tl-windows.bat --profile installation.profile [EXTRA-ARGS]
> or
>  install-tl-advanced.bat --profile installation.profile [EXTRA-ARGS]
> C:\Users\carla\Documents\LaTeX\Programmi\install-tl-20170611\install-tl:
> Writing log in current directory:
> C:/Users/carla/Documents/LaTeX/Programmi/install-tl-20170611/install-tl.log
> 
> If I re-run `install-tl-windows.bat` it asks me:
> 
> ABORTED TL INSTALLATION FOUND: installation.profile (in
> C:/Users/carla/Documents/LaTeX/Programmi/install-tl-20170611)
> Do you want to continue with the exact same settings as before (y/N): y
> 
> If I reply `y`, it gives me this error:
> 
> Automated TeX Live installation using profile: installation.profile
> Loading
> http://ctan.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/CTAN/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb
> Installing TeX Live 2017 from:
> http://ctan.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/CTAN/systems/texlive/tlnet (not verified)
> Platform: win32 => 'Windows'
> Distribution: net  (downloading)
> Using URL: http://ctan.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/CTAN/systems/texlive/tlnet
> Directory for temporary files: C:\Users\carla\AppData\Local\Temp\kbX9IzbNmN
> Installing to: C:/texlive/2017
> Undefined subroutine &main::__ called at
> C:/Users/carla/Documents/LaTeX/Programmi/install-tl-20170611/tlpkg/installer/
> tracked-install.pl line 32, <PROFILE> line 71.

We have to look into this error in a resumption of a failed
installation.

> If I reply `N`, it gives me again:
> 
> TLUtils::check_file: removing
> C:\Users\carla\AppData\Local\Temp\QGQJg78mcg\AfoKMjgtmS\babel-ukrainian.tar.xz,
> sizes differ:
> TLUtils::check_file:   TL=5180, arg=4640
> TLPDB::_install_package: downloading did not succeed

Apparently, you got the same bad ukranian package. Try to explicitly specify a
different repository, e.g.

install-tl-windows -repository ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/tex/CTAN/systems/texlive/tlnet/

> Installation failed.
> Rerunning the installer will try to restart the installation.
> Or you can restart by running the installer with:
>  install-tl-windows.bat --profile installation.profile [EXTRA-ARGS]
> or
>  install-tl-advanced.bat --profile installation.profile [EXTRA-ARGS]
> C:\Users\carla\Documents\LaTeX\Programmi\install-tl-20170611\install-tl:
> Writing log in current directory:
> C:/Users/carla/Documents/LaTeX/Programmi/install-tl-20170611/install-tl.log
> 
> How can I exit from this loop?
> 
> Thank you,
> regards
> Carla

Hope this helps.

-- 
Siep Kroonenberg


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