[tex-live] Fwd: Re: TeX 5 Live

[TUG Office]

Hello,
Can someone please help Sam?
Thank-you!!!
Robin

>X-From_: sam@hcc.hawaii.edu Wed May 30 11:40:43 2001
>To: office@tug.org
>Subject: Re: TeX 5 Live
>Cc: sam@pulua2b.hcc.hawaii.edu
>From: Samuel E Rhoads <sam@hcc.hawaii.edu>
>Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 08:40:56 -1000
>
>Robin:
>
>Thanks for the reply.  It didn't go well.  I finally quit and went home
>after waiting another hour or so.  I left it running.  When I got into
>the office this morning, it was STILL RUNNING!  The log file was then
>12,305,539 bytes long!  I cancelled the installation.
>
>I looked at the log file.  It was copying files and running programs
>when I cancelled it.  It had just copied tex4ht.env.  It then changed
>to path temporarily, and then ran mktexlsr.
>
>I have no idea whether the install was successful or not, but I cannot
>believe it would take over 15 hours and create a log file with 12
>million bytes.
>
>Can you tell me what I should do now?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Sam.
>
>P.S.  I did make a hard copy of the installation instructions, but they
>just tell me how to start it, which I did.
>
> > Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 09:29:22 -0700
> > To: Samuel E Rhoads <sam@hcc.hawaii.edu>
> > From: TUG Office <office@tug.org>
> > Subject: Re: TeX 5 Live
> >
> > Hi Sam,
> >
> > I hope your installation was successful.  Just in case you have problems
> > with installation I'm sending the following link which contains a 29 page
> > document "Installing TeX Live 5d".
> >
> > ftp://ftp.ucc.ie/pub/tex/tl5dinst.pdf
> > (ignore the part about the campus licence for WinEDT).
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> > Robin
> >
> >
> >
> > At 05:17 PM 5/29/01 -1000, you wrote:
> > >Robin:
> > >
> > >The copy of TL5 arrived today.  THANKS.
> > >
> > >I am currently installing it on a Windows machine.  I wish I had some
> > >idea how long it takes and what it's doing.  I'm in my third hour of
> > >waiting, and am beginning to wonder -- actually I began to wonder quite
> > >a while ago -- whether it's working correctly.  I see a window that
> > >says "Property Page" at the top and indicates that it HAS written a
> > >report to a file called setup-2001xxxxxx.log.  But that window does not
> > >go away.  That files keeps growing.  The window does not indicate that
> > >something is still happening, the CD does not seem to be being
> > >accessed, but the .log file keeps growing.  It's up to 1,770,505 bytes
> > >now.
> > >
> > >Is that normal?  If so, I would suggest that the installation program
> > >be modified to tell the user what's happening.  I'm in the dark.
> > >
> > >Guess I'll give it a while longer, but I did want to go home to dinner.
> > >
> > >Thanks again.
> > >
> > >Sam.
> > >
> > > > Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 10:54:42 -0700
> > > > To: "Samuel E. Rhoads" <sam@hcc.hawaii.edu>
> > > > From: TUG Office <office@tug.org>
> > > > Subject: Re: TeX 5 Live
> > > >
> > > > Dear Sam,
> > > >
> > > > Sorry you lost your TL5 CD.
> > > > We are happy to send another copy today!
> > > >
> > > > Take care,
> > > > Robin Laakso
> > > > TUG Office Manager
> > > >
> > > > At 12:26 PM 5/24/01 -1000, you wrote:
> > > > >Friends:
> > > > >
> > > > >I am a long standing member of TUG.  I received a copy of the TeX
> > > > >Live 5
> > > > >CD, but now I cannot find it.  I need to reinstall TeX and I need
> > > > >version 5 since I want to do some Japanese language stuff.
> > > > >
> > > > >Can you please mail me another CD?  Please!
> > > > >
> > > > >My snail mail address is:
> > > > >
> > > > >    Samuel E. Rhoads
> > > > >    Honolulu Community College
> > > > >    874 Dillingham Boulevard
> > > > >    Honolulu, HI  96817
> > > > >
> > > > >In the past I've added some extra $$ to my membership dues, and I
> > > > >promise to do it again.
> > > > >
> > > > >Thank you.
> > > > >
> > > > >Sam.
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >