[OS X TeX] Install fail

Richard Koch koch at uoregon.edu
Tue Sep 1 18:29:20 CEST 2015 

What computer model, what operating system, etc? Please send all information
which could be related. We tested rather extensively, so this problem is a surprise.

Dick Koch
koch at uoregon.edu <mailto:koch at uoregon.edu>


> On Sep 1, 2015, at 9:22 AM, John Burt <burt at brandeis.edu> wrote:
> 
> I was unable to install MacTeX from the DVD. I opened MacTeX Install Part 1, and copied
> the lines into the terminal as directed. Here is the output from the terminal:
> 
> Last login: Tue Sep  1 12:13:45 on ttys000
> 
> [C07H5099DJD2:~] burt% bash
> 
> bash-3.2$ umask 0022
> 
> bash-3.2$ cd /Volumes/TEXCOL2015/texlive
> 
> bash-3.2$ sudo ./install-tl --profile /Volumes/TEXCOL2015/mactex/MacTeX-Install/TLprofiles/texlive.profile
> 
> Automated TeX Live installation using profile: /Volumes/TEXCOL2015/mactex/MacTeX-Install/TLprofiles/texlive.profile
> 
> Loading ./tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb
> 
> Installing TeX Live 2015 from: .
> 
> Platform: x86_64-darwin => 'MacOSX/Darwin on x86_64'
> 
> Distribution: inst (compressed)
> 
> Directory for temporary files: /tmp
> 
> Installing to: /usr/local/texlive/2015
> 
> Installing [0001/3220, time/total: ??:??/??:??]: 12many [376k]
> 
> Can't exec "tar": Bad CPU type in executable at tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm line 2338, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> untar: untarring /usr/local/texlive/2015/temp/12many.tar failed (in /usr/local/texlive/2015/texmf-dist)
> 
> untarring /usr/local/texlive/2015/temp/12many.tar failed, stopping install.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1551, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1552, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1553, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1554, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1560, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1564, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1566, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1565, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1562, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1561, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1563, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1559, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1559, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1567, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1568, <PROFILE> line 79.
> 
> Installation failed.
> 
> Rerunning the installer will try to restart the installation.
> 
> Or you can restart by running the installer with:
> 
>   install-tl --profile installation.profile [EXTRA-ARGS]
> 
> ./install-tl: Could not write to install-tl.log, so flushing messages to stderr.
> 
> Automated TeX Live installation using profile: /Volumes/TEXCOL2015/mactex/MacTeX-Install/TLprofiles/texlive.profile
> 
> Loading ./tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb
> 
> Installing TeX Live 2015 from: .
> 
> Platform: x86_64-darwin => 'MacOSX/Darwin on x86_64'
> 
> Distribution: inst (compressed)
> 
> Directory for temporary files: /tmp
> 
> Installer revision: 37482
> 
> Database revision: 37489
> 
> Settings:
> 
>   TEXDIR: "/usr/local/texlive/2015"
> 
>   TEXMFCONFIG: "~/Library/texlive/2015/texmf-config"
> 
>   TEXMFHOME: "~/Library/texmf"
> 
>   TEXMFLOCAL: "/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local"
> 
>   TEXMFSYSCONFIG: "/usr/local/texlive/2015/texmf-config"
> 
>   TEXMFSYSVAR: "/usr/local/texlive/2015/texmf-var"
> 
>   TEXMFVAR: "~/Library/texlive/2015/texmf-var"
> 
>   binary_amd64-freebsd: "0"
> 
>   binary_amd64-netbsd: "0"
> 
>   binary_i386-cygwin: "0"
> 
>   binary_i386-freebsd: "0"
> 
>   binary_i386-linux: "0"
> 
>   binary_i386-netbsd: "0"
> 
>   binary_i386-solaris: "0"
> 
>   binary_sparc-solaris: "0"
> 
>   binary_universal-darwin: "1"
> 
>   binary_win32: "0"
> 
>   binary_x86_64-cygwin: "0"
> 
>   binary_x86_64-darwin: "1"
> 
>   binary_x86_64-linux: "0"
> 
>   binary_x86_64-solaris: "0"
> 
>   collection-basic: "1"
> 
>   collection-bibtexextra: "1"
> 
>   collection-binextra: "1"
> 
>   collection-context: "1"
> 
>   collection-fontsextra: "1"
> 
>   collection-fontsrecommended: "1"
> 
>   collection-fontutils: "1"
> 
>   collection-formatsextra: "1"
> 
>   collection-games: "1"
> 
>   collection-genericextra: "1"
> 
>   collection-genericrecommended: "1"
> 
>   collection-htmlxml: "1"
> 
>   collection-humanities: "1"
> 
>   collection-langafrican: "1"
> 
>   collection-langarabic: "1"
> 
>   collection-langchinese: "1"
> 
>   collection-langcjk: "1"
> 
>   collection-langcyrillic: "1"
> 
>   collection-langczechslovak: "1"
> 
>   collection-langenglish: "1"
> 
>   collection-langeuropean: "1"
> 
>   collection-langfrench: "1"
> 
>   collection-langgerman: "1"
> 
>   collection-langgreek: "1"
> 
>   collection-langindic: "1"
> 
>   collection-langitalian: "1"
> 
>   collection-langjapanese: "1"
> 
>   collection-langkorean: "1"
> 
>   collection-langother: "1"
> 
>   collection-langpolish: "1"
> 
>   collection-langportuguese: "1"
> 
>   collection-langspanish: "1"
> 
>   collection-latex: "1"
> 
>   collection-latexextra: "1"
> 
>   collection-latexrecommended: "1"
> 
>   collection-luatex: "1"
> 
>   collection-mathextra: "1"
> 
>   collection-metapost: "1"
> 
>   collection-music: "1"
> 
>   collection-omega: "1"
> 
>   collection-pictures: "1"
> 
>   collection-plainextra: "1"
> 
>   collection-pstricks: "1"
> 
>   collection-publishers: "1"
> 
>   collection-science: "1"
> 
>   collection-texworks: "1"
> 
>   collection-wintools: "0"
> 
>   collection-xetex: "1"
> 
>   doc_splitting_supported: "1"
> 
>   in_place: "0"
> 
>   inst_platform: "x86_64-darwin"
> 
>   n_collections_available: "48"
> 
>   n_collections_selected: "47"
> 
>   n_systems_available: "14"
> 
>   n_systems_selected: "1"
> 
>   option_adjustrepo: "0"
> 
>   option_autobackup: "1"
> 
>   option_backupdir: "tlpkg/backups"
> 
>   option_desktop_integration: "1"
> 
>   option_doc: "1"
> 
>   option_file_assocs: "1"
> 
>   option_fmt: "1"
> 
>   option_letter: "1"
> 
>   option_menu_integration: "1"
> 
>   option_path: "0"
> 
>   option_post_code: "1"
> 
>   option_src: "1"
> 
>   option_sys_bin: "/usr/local/bin"
> 
>   option_sys_info: "/usr/local/share/info"
> 
>   option_sys_man: "/usr/local/share/man"
> 
>   option_w32_multi_user: "1"
> 
>   option_write18_restricted: "1"
> 
>   portable: "0"
> 
>   selected_scheme: "scheme-full"
> 
>   src_splitting_supported: "1"
> 
>   this_platform: "x86_64-darwin"
> 
>   total_size: "0"
> 
> Installing to: /usr/local/texlive/2015
> 
> Installing [0001/3220, time/total: ??:??/??:??]: 12many [376k]
> 
> untar: untarring /usr/local/texlive/2015/temp/12many.tar failed (in /usr/local/texlive/2015/texmf-dist)
> 
> untarring /usr/local/texlive/2015/temp/12many.tar failed, stopping install.
> 
> Installation failed.
> 
> Rerunning the installer will try to restart the installation.
> 
> Or you can restart by running the installer with:
> 
>   install-tl --profile installation.profile [EXTRA-ARGS]
> 
> bash-3.2$ 
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