TLPDB::_install_package: untar failed

[Siep Kroonenberg]

On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 04:09:50PM +0200, Denis Bitouzé wrote:
> Le 19/06/19 à 08h01, Akira Kakuto a écrit :
> 
> >> TLUtils::untar: E:\tlpkg\installer\tar.exe xmf
> >> C:\Users\...\a2ping.tar failed (in C:/texlive/2019)
> >> TLPDB::_install_package: untar failed
> >> Installation failed.
> >
> > I don't know installer.
> > Does the user name include non-ascii character?
> 
> No: it is "Med-info".
> 
> > If that is the case, probably the tar does not support
> > non-ascii names. Change of the env variable TEMP may help,
> > by some chance.
> 
> I changed it for C:\Temp (I created this directory) but same error.

Grasping at straws: maybe some messed-up permissions under
c:\texlive? Try to completely remove c:\texlive first.

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Siep Kroonenberg