[tex-live] texmf.cnf not found

Norbert Preining preining at logic.at
Tue Oct 28 23:12:27 CET 2008


Hi Jeff,

On Di, 28 Okt 2008, Sanjoy Mahajan wrote:
> I ran into that problem installing on sparc solaris.  I worked around it
> by tricking install-tl to use /usr/sfw/bin/gtar (GNU tar) instead of
> Sun's tar.  First, I symlinked ~/bin/gtar to /usr/sfw/bin/gtar.  Then I
> ran install-tl as follows (in bash notation):
> 
>   PATH=~/bin:$PATH ./install-tl
> 
> I hope that fixes it for you too.

Yes, that could be the problem. If your system does not support all the
tar options we use from GNU tar there could be a problem.

Please try what Sanjoy suggested, and thanks Sonjoy for reminding us.

Best wishes

Norbert

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