[tex-live] Install script TeX Live CD doesn't work.

Natalie nat at switch.demon.nl
Tue May 1 23:21:19 CEST 2007


Should have CC'd this earlier...

Still more replies coming in.

Thank you all! :)


> On Tuesday 01 May 2007 14:16, you wrote:
> > > This is the output:
> > >   bash: ./install-tl.sh: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Permission
> > > denied
> >
> > Some systems mount CD's with noexec permissions.  I think this is
> > mentioned in the TL documentation.  If you are on linux, it is
> > often easier to mount the .iso
> > image directly (using the loop device) without actually creating
> > a physical CD-ROM.
>
> Ah.... that's it... no, it's not mentioned in the doc (live.pdf).
> It does mention the -t switch...
>
>   > mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
>
> I added -o exec on the command line, and that did the trick.
>
> I now have a complete TeX installation. Last week I started playing
> with LaTeX and I love it :)
>
> Thank you!
>
> Natalie

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