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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>What does tar --help say?<div><br></div><div>Regards, Markus<br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 13:08:30 -0400<br>From: burt@brandeis.edu<br>To: macosx-tex@email.esm.psu.edu<br>Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Install fail<br><br><div dir="ltr">







<span>bash-3.2$ which tar</span><BR>
<span>/sw/bin/tar</span><BR></div><div class="ecxgmail_extra"><br><div class="ecxgmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 1:05 PM, Markus Klyver <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:markusklyver@hotmail.com" target="_blank">markusklyver@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">


<div><div dir="ltr">Which version of tar do you have? Is you $PATH set correctly?<div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Markus<br><br><div><hr>Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 12:22:48 -0400<br>From: <a href="mailto:burt@brandeis.edu" target="_blank">burt@brandeis.edu</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:macosx-tex@email.esm.psu.edu" target="_blank">macosx-tex@email.esm.psu.edu</a><br>Subject: [OS X TeX] Install fail<div><div class="h5"><br><br><div dir="ltr">I was unable to install MacTeX from the DVD. I opened MacTeX Install Part 1, and copied<div>the lines into the terminal as directed. Here is the output from the terminal:</div><div><br></div><div>







<span>Last login: Tue Sep  1 12:13:45 on ttys000</span><br>
<span>[C07H5099DJD2:~] burt% bash</span><br>
<span>bash-3.2$ umask 0022</span><br>
<span>bash-3.2$ cd /Volumes/TEXCOL2015/texlive</span><br>
<span>bash-3.2$ sudo ./install-tl --profile /Volumes/TEXCOL2015/mactex/MacTeX-Install/TLprofiles/texlive.profile</span><br>
<span>Automated TeX Live installation using profile: /Volumes/TEXCOL2015/mactex/MacTeX-Install/TLprofiles/texlive.profile</span><br>
<span>Loading ./tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb</span><br>
<span>Installing TeX Live 2015 from: .</span><br>
<span>Platform: x86_64-darwin => 'MacOSX/Darwin on x86_64'</span><br>
<span>Distribution: inst (compressed)</span><br>
<span>Directory for temporary files: /tmp</span><br>
<span>Installing to: /usr/local/texlive/2015</span><br>
<span>Installing [0001/3220, time/total: ??:??/??:??]: 12many [376k]</span><br>
<span>Can't exec "tar": Bad CPU type in executable at tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm line 2338, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>untar: untarring /usr/local/texlive/2015/temp/12many.tar failed (in /usr/local/texlive/2015/texmf-dist)</span><br>
<span>untarring /usr/local/texlive/2015/temp/12many.tar failed, stopping install.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1551, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1552, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1553, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1554, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1560, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1564, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1566, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1565, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1562, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1561, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1563, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1559, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1559, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1567, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1568, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><br>
<span>Installation failed.</span><br>
<span>Rerunning the installer will try to restart the installation.</span><br>
<span>Or you can restart by running the installer with:</span><br>
<span>  install-tl --profile installation.profile [EXTRA-ARGS]</span><br>
<span>./install-tl: Could not write to install-tl.log, so flushing messages to stderr.</span><br>
<span>Automated TeX Live installation using profile: /Volumes/TEXCOL2015/mactex/MacTeX-Install/TLprofiles/texlive.profile</span><br>
<span>Loading ./tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb</span><br>
<span>Installing TeX Live 2015 from: .</span><br>
<span>Platform: x86_64-darwin => 'MacOSX/Darwin on x86_64'</span><br>
<span>Distribution: inst (compressed)</span><br>
<span>Directory for temporary files: /tmp</span><br>
<span>Installer revision: 37482</span><br>
<span>Database revision: 37489</span><br>
<span>Settings:</span><br>
<span>  TEXDIR: "/usr/local/texlive/2015"</span><br>
<span>  TEXMFCONFIG: "~/Library/texlive/2015/texmf-config"</span><br>
<span>  TEXMFHOME: "~/Library/texmf"</span><br>
<span>  TEXMFLOCAL: "/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local"</span><br>
<span>  TEXMFSYSCONFIG: "/usr/local/texlive/2015/texmf-config"</span><br>
<span>  TEXMFSYSVAR: "/usr/local/texlive/2015/texmf-var"</span><br>
<span>  TEXMFVAR: "~/Library/texlive/2015/texmf-var"</span><br>
<span>  binary_amd64-freebsd: "0"</span><br>
<span>  binary_amd64-netbsd: "0"</span><br>
<span>  binary_i386-cygwin: "0"</span><br>
<span>  binary_i386-freebsd: "0"</span><br>
<span>  binary_i386-linux: "0"</span><br>
<span>  binary_i386-netbsd: "0"</span><br>
<span>  binary_i386-solaris: "0"</span><br>
<span>  binary_sparc-solaris: "0"</span><br>
<span>  binary_universal-darwin: "1"</span><br>
<span>  binary_win32: "0"</span><br>
<span>  binary_x86_64-cygwin: "0"</span><br>
<span>  binary_x86_64-darwin: "1"</span><br>
<span>  binary_x86_64-linux: "0"</span><br>
<span>  binary_x86_64-solaris: "0"</span><br>
<span>  collection-basic: "1"</span><br>
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<span>  collection-context: "1"</span><br>
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<span>  collection-fontsrecommended: "1"</span><br>
<span>  collection-fontutils: "1"</span><br>
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<span>  collection-langczechslovak: "1"</span><br>
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<span>  collection-langeuropean: "1"</span><br>
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<span>  collection-langother: "1"</span><br>
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<span>  collection-langportuguese: "1"</span><br>
<span>  collection-langspanish: "1"</span><br>
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<span>  collection-music: "1"</span><br>
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<span>  inst_platform: "x86_64-darwin"</span><br>
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<span>  n_systems_selected: "1"</span><br>
<span>  option_adjustrepo: "0"</span><br>
<span>  option_autobackup: "1"</span><br>
<span>  option_backupdir: "tlpkg/backups"</span><br>
<span>  option_desktop_integration: "1"</span><br>
<span>  option_doc: "1"</span><br>
<span>  option_file_assocs: "1"</span><br>
<span>  option_fmt: "1"</span><br>
<span>  option_letter: "1"</span><br>
<span>  option_menu_integration: "1"</span><br>
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<span>  option_post_code: "1"</span><br>
<span>  option_src: "1"</span><br>
<span>  option_sys_bin: "/usr/local/bin"</span><br>
<span>  option_sys_info: "/usr/local/share/info"</span><br>
<span>  option_sys_man: "/usr/local/share/man"</span><br>
<span>  option_w32_multi_user: "1"</span><br>
<span>  option_write18_restricted: "1"</span><br>
<span>  portable: "0"</span><br>
<span>  selected_scheme: "scheme-full"</span><br>
<span>  src_splitting_supported: "1"</span><br>
<span>  this_platform: "x86_64-darwin"</span><br>
<span>  total_size: "0"</span><br>
<span>Installing to: /usr/local/texlive/2015</span><br>
<span>Installing [0001/3220, time/total: ??:??/??:??]: 12many [376k]</span><br>
<span>untar: untarring /usr/local/texlive/2015/temp/12many.tar failed (in /usr/local/texlive/2015/texmf-dist)</span><br>
<span>untarring /usr/local/texlive/2015/temp/12many.tar failed, stopping install.</span><br>
<span>Installation failed.</span><br>
<span>Rerunning the installer will try to restart the installation.</span><br>
<span>Or you can restart by running the installer with:</span><br>
<span>  install-tl --profile installation.profile [EXTRA-ARGS]</span><br>
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