[tex-live] Installation of TeXLive2008 Failed

Strack, O Erik oestrac at sandia.gov
Tue Nov 25 16:51:32 CET 2008


Thank you so much!

Red Hat Linux had indeed automatically mounted with the -o noexec option. I umount-ed and issued a simple mount command.

Now TeXLive is happily installing.

Thanks again, and best wishes to you too,
Erik


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Norbert Preining [mailto:preining at logic.at]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 8:17 AM
> To: Strack, O Erik
> Cc: 'texlive at tug.org'
> Subject: Re: [tex-live] Installation of TeXLive2008 Failed
>
> On Mo, 24 Nov 2008, Strack, O Erik wrote:
> > Can't exec "./tlpkg/installer/lzma/lzmadec.i386-linux":
> Permission denied at tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm line 1045.
>
> You have mounted the DVD with
>       -o noexec
> (which happens often). Undo that.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Norbert
>
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> Debian Developer <preining at debian.org>
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