[tex-live] Fwd: Broken Net-Installer for Win32

[Lucinha]

I'm so sorry, I realized I didn't send the message to the mailing list, so
I'm sending it again...

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From: Lucinha <lucinha.lmota at gmail.com>
Date: 2009/2/3
Subject: Re: [tex-live] Broken Net-Installer for Win32
To: Norbert Preining <preining at logic.at>


Hello, Norbert.

When installing, I got these messages:

"C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\Desktop\install-tl\install-tl>install-tl
Path: C:\Documents and
Settings\Admin\Desktop\install-tl\install-tl\tlpkg\instal
ler;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program
Files\Com
mon Files\Adobe\AGL;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\
Installing from: http://neacm.fe.up.pt/pub/CTAN/systems/texlive/tlnet/2008
Platform: win32 => 'Windows'
Distribution: net  (downloading)
Using URL: http://neacm.fe.up.pt/pub/CTAN/systems/texlive/tlnet/2008
Directory for temporary files: C:/DOCUME~1/Admin/LOCALS~1/Temp
Loading
http://neacm.fe.up.pt/pub/CTAN/systems/texlive/tlnet/2008/tlpkg/texlive.
tlpdb
  Sorry, no translations available for pt; falling back to English.
  (If you'd like to help translate the installer's messages, please see
  http://tug.org/texlive/doc.html#install-tl-xlate for information.)
Can't call method "insert" on an undefined value at C:/Documents and
Settings/Ad
min/Desktop/install-tl/install-tl/tlpkg/installer/install-menu-perltk.pl
line 12
2.
Compilation failed in require at C:\Documents and
Settings\Admin\Desktop\install
-tl\install-tl\install-tl line 414.
Press any key to continue . . .
C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\Desktop\install-tl\install-tl>"

Maybe that method "insert" is the one causing these problems. After having
this message, I used the already mentioned option -lan en, that got the
complete installation.

I understand that mirror selection is independent from language, but
actually it did install from the same mirror where it's said there's no
translation to pt. So maybe in portuguese mirrors the installers don't have
that translation functioning properly, because they did install the english
version. But again, I have no knowledge in these issues, so I'm just
guessing...

Thank you for your time. Hope this information can be of help.

Lucia

2009/2/3 Norbert Preining <preining at logic.at>

Hi Lucia,
>
> thanks for the feedback.
>
> On Di, 03 Feb 2009, Lucinha wrote:
> > this issue, I noticed an advice to download the installer from tug.org.
> I
>
> That is only for the time being until the fixed installer is mirrored
> around the world.
>
> > did so, and got a functional installer. However, the command prompt
> issued a
> > warning saying it couldn't translate to pt (portuguese). I had to use the
> > following command: install-tl -lang en. After that, TeXLive 2008 was
>
> Why? After telling you that it cannot translate to pt, what happened?
> Didn't it start automatically in the English version? I would be
> surprised.
>
> > the portuguese mirrors do have the functional installer. After choosing
> the
> > -lang en option, I did get the installation from a portuguese mirror.
>
> That mirror selection is completely independent of the language. It
> tries to select a mirror close to where you are, but that might not
> always be optimal.
>
> Thanks again, and please if you can, tell me what has happened after the
> warning you mentioned.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Norbert
>
>
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> Technology
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