Installing TeX Live 2025 on Windows 11

[Charles Frankston]

This is just a hunch, but that Stack Exchange article shows the failing script lives on a OneDrive path. It’s possible that some of the files needed by the script might not have their contents present locally because they’re just OneDrive placeholder files. By default, OneDrive doesn’t download file contents until the file is requested (this feature enables you to sync a OneDrive folder that might be a Terabyte online when your laptop might only have a few Gigabytes of space). The download is supposed to happen transparently to the app requested the file, and for the most part that works. But the most common failure are programs using legacy file I/O APIs, which might be the situation with the perl scripts here. If this is the problem, there are two solutions:

 

1.	Use the file explorer to set the OneDrive/desktop/install folder to “Always Keep on this device” as shown here: Work with synced files in File Explorer - Microsoft Support <https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/work-with-synced-files-in-file-explorer-8d9b1c45-4a3f-4fa8-a55b-fd0635e77d4d#:~:text=When%20you%20view%20a%20OneDrive,don%27t%20want%20them%20to.&text=A%20blue%20cloud%20icon%20indicates,about%20OneDrive%20Files%20On%2DDemand.>  and retry the installation.
2.	Download, or copy the install files to a place on your PC that’s not under a OneDrive folder. For example, C:\TexLive2025, and install from there.

 

Please let us know if this was the problem. I suppose I should respond to the Stack Exchange posting, but then I’d finally have to join Stack Exchange 😊.

 

From: texhax <texhax-bounces+cbf=arxiv.org at tug.org> On Behalf Of Philip Taylor (Hellenic Institute)
Sent: Friday, October 3, 2025 14:57
To: Nele Manon Vollmar <nevo at norceresearch.no>
Cc: support at tug.org
Subject: Re: Installing TeX Live 2025 on Windows 11

 

I installed TeX Live 2025 just a few days ago, in order to investigate the recent bug report concerning Gnuplot, and encountered no errors.  I installed by downloading the ISO file, mounting the latter, and then invoking "install-tl-windows.bat".

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Philip Taylor

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On 03/10/2025 14:47, Nele Manon Vollmar via texhax wrote:

Hei, I tried installing the latest tex live release using the .exe on Windows 11. 
However, installation stops after a moments with the same error that was reported here:
https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/750614/error-installing-tex-live-cant-call-method-schemes-on-an-undefined-value

 

Do you have an idea how/if this could be fixed?
Best
Nele 

 

 

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