[tex-live] Install failed on Windows 8 (*.win32 packages involved)

[Siep Kroonenberg]

On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 02:35:58PM +0100, Denis Bitouzé wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> with an admin account, I try to install TeX Live 2013 on a Windows 8 PC:
> 
>  - both with the official DVD and with an up to date .iso,
> 
>  - both with install.bat and install-advanced.bat,
> 
>  - run as both normal user or admin),
> 
>  - in both default (C:\texlive\2013) and customized (C:\Users\jdoe)
>    locations,
> 
>  - with virus scanner (Aavast) enabled or disabled (at least I guess it
>    was disabled).
> 
> All failed when installing the 1st (and sometimes the 2nd or 3rd)
> *.win32 package with the following typical message:
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> Installing [0029/2791, time/total: 00:33/51:49]: accfonts.win32 [1k]
> Tk::Error: F:\install-tl: open tlpobj accfonts.win32failed: Permission
> denied at
>  F:/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm line 1405.
>  TeXLive::TLUtils::install_packages at F:/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm line
> 1405 main::do_install_packages at F:\install-tl line 1587
>  main::do_installation at F:\install-tl line 720
>  main::wizard_installation_window at F:/tlpkg/installer/
> install-menu-wizard.pl line 709
>  Tk callback for .button2
>  Tk::__ANON__ at F:\tlpkg\tlperl\lib/Tk.pm line 251
>  Tk::Button::butUp at F:\tlpkg\tlperl\lib/Tk/Button.pm line 175
>  <ButtonRelease-1>
>  (command bound to event)
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> Do you see a workaround?

I did a minimal single-user install under w8.1 and had no trouble.

At that line the installer tries to create a file. Apparently it has
no problems creating the directory:

1403 mkdirhier( $tlpod );
1404 open(TMP,">$tlpod/".$tlpobj->name.".tlpobj") ||
1405   die "$0: open tlpobj " . $tlpobj->name . "failed: $!";

Maybe a timing problem? You could test this by inserting `sleep 1;'
after mkdirhier.

Is the hd an ssd?

-- 
Siep Kroonenberg