[tex-live] tlmgr on Win10 fails

Herbert Voss Herbert.Voss at fu-berlin.de
Tue Nov 13 08:26:12 CET 2018


Hi all,

I have to use Windows in my university, but I have no real knowledge 
about this system. However, running tlmgr gives

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C:\Program Files (x86)\texlive\2018\tlpkg\installer>tlmgr update --all 
--self --reinstall-forcibly-removed 
--repository=ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/tex/CTAN/systems/texlive/tlnet/
xz: (stdin): Compressed data is corrupt
tlmgr.pl: package repository 
ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/tex/CTAN/systems/texlive/tlnet/ (not verified: 
gpg unavailable)
tlmgr.pl: saving backups to C:/Program Files 
(x86)/texlive/2018/tlpkg/backups
[  1/320, ??:??/??:??] update: arydshln [871k] (40847 -> 48817) ... tar: 
Skipping to next file header
untar: untarring 
C:\Users\SC4A50~1\AppData\Local\Temp\vap1c_nK1o\7vMx3dvVfJ/arydshln.tar 
failed (in C:/Program Files (x86)/texlive/2018/texmf-dist)
TLPDB::_install_package: untar failed
tlmgr.pl: Installation of new version of arydshln failed, trying to unwind.
Cannot open tlpobj file: C:/Program Files 
(x86)/texlive/2018/tlpkg/tlpobj/arydshln.tlpobj at C:/Program Files 
(x86)/texlive/2018/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLPOBJ.pm line 70.
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I installed the latest tkmgr but nothing changed.

Herbert


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