[tex-live] Alternative to .iso?

[Ken Brooks]

Here are rpath we would like to automate the process of downloading and 
installing the texlive content, as we do with most other packages.  The 
only format I can see available on the texlive page is .iso, or various 
compressed forms thereof.  To mount an .iso file requires root 
privileges, which hinders automation.

Is the texlive content available as a .tar.gz or .tar.bz2 archive?  Or 
is there another option I have overlooked?

Thanks,
Ken Brooks