[OS X TeX] MacTeX 2012 fails to install on PPC-leopard

[Richard Koch]

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On Sep 3, 2012, at 8:23 AM, Pierre LAUGINIE <pierre.lauginie at orange.fr> wrote:

> My machine: PowerPC G5 MacOS 10.5.8
> 
> Re-installing recently OS 10.5.8 (after a series of crashes), I have lost MacTeX 2011 which otherwise was running correctly (at least, I lost texlive, pdflatex etc., but not TeXShop and similar files).
> 
> Thus, I download MacTeX 2012 from MacTex.pkg. The installation starts and soon stops "installation failed" with the message: "the program couldn't validate the package 'local-2'. Contact the editor of the software" ("le programme n'a pas pu valider le contenu du paquet 'local-2', etc."). Same result from two mirror sites (french site ircam and US site).
> 
> Did anybody encounter such a problem ?
> 
> Finally, I downloaded MacTeX-basic 2012, which seems to run correctly. But what about full macTeX 2012 ?
> 
> Thanks if anybody has an idea.
> 
> Pierre
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