Installation failed TeX Live 2021 on Windows 10 - Decompression error

Siep Kroonenberg siepo at bitmuis.nl
Mon Feb 7 21:15:47 CET 2022 

On Mon, Feb 07, 2022 at 11:05:25AM +0000, Matthieu BRANTHÔME wrote:
> Hi, 
> I am trying to install TeX Live 2021 on my windows 10 computer (x64).
> I have downloaded the install-tl.zip archive from https://tug.org/texlive/acquire-netinstall.html
> I unzipped it and then ran install-tl-windows.bat as administrator.
> After running the standard installation, it fails because I have decompression errors on the packages whose name contains *.win32.*,  but not only.
> 
> Here is an overview of the logs (for information "Le chemin d'accès spécifié est introuvable" = "The specified access path cannot be found."):
> ```Installing to: C:/texlive/2021Installing [0001/4309, time/total: ??:??/??:??]: texlive.infra [430k]Installing [0002/4309, time/total: 00:02/04:46:52]: texlive.infra.win32 [2722k]Le chemin d'accŠs sp‚cifi‚ est introuvable.TLPDB::_install_data: Decompressing C:\Users\BRANTH~1\AppData\Local\Temp\7ECRMTiNF7\19UUYWUHOy/texlive.infra.win32.tar.xz failed for https://ctan.mines-albi.fr/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive/texlive.infra.win32.tar.xzTLUtils::install_packages: Failed to install texlive.infra.win32                           texlive.infra.win32 will be retried later.Installing [0003/4309, time/total: 00:04/09:33:45]: tlperl.win32 [7010k]Installing [0004/4309, time/total: 00:11/01:31:00]: 12many [376k]Installing [0005/4309, time/total: 00:13/01:42:23]: 2up [56k]Installing [0006/4309, time/total: 00:15/01:57:18]: a0poster [119k]Installing [0007/4309, time/total: 00:16/02:03:16]: a2ping [69k]Installing [0008/4309, time/total: 00:18/02:17:29]: a2ping.win32 [1k]Le chemin d'accŠs sp‚cifi‚ est introuvable.TLPDB::_install_data: Decompressing C:\Users\BRANTH~1\AppData\Local\Temp\7ECRMTiNF7\f5w3tlwIak/a2ping.win32.tar.xz failed for https://ctan.mines-albi.fr/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive/a2ping.win32.tar.xzTLUtils::install_packages: Failed to install a2ping.win32                           a2ping.win32 will be retried later.Installing [0009/4309, time/total: 00:18/02:17:29]: a4wide [133k]Installing [0010/4309, time/total: 00:20/02:30:18]: a5comb [91k]Installing [0011/4309, time/total: 00:21/02:36:05]: aaai-named [6k]Installing [0012/4309, time/total: 00:22/02:43:25]: aalok [187k]Installing [0013/4309, time/total: 00:24/02:54:21]: aastex [1188k]Installing [0014/4309, time/total: 00:26/02:45:39]: abbr [4k]Installing [0015/4309, time/total: 00:27/02:51:58]: abc [288k]Installing [0016/4309, time/total: 00:29/02:59:22]: abnt [121k]Installing [0017/4309, time/total: 00:31/03:09:27]: abntex2 [4508k]Installing [0018/4309, time/total: 00:35/02:27:45]: aboensis [34288k]Installing [0019/4309, time/total: 00:54/01:08:00]: abraces [235k]Installing [0020/4309, time/total: 00:56/01:10:11]: abstract [154k]Installing [0021/4309, time/total: 00:58/01:12:28]: abstyles [151k]Installing [0022/4309, time/total: 00:59/01:13:29]: academicons [131k]Installing [0023/4309, time/total: 01:00/01:14:32]: accanthis [653k]Installing [0024/4309, time/total: 01:02/01:16:01]: accents [237k]Installing [0025/4309, time/total: 01:04/01:18:06]: accessibility [529k]Installing [0026/4309, time/total: 01:06/01:19:42]: accfonts [37k]Installing [0027/4309, time/total: 01:08/01:22:04]: accfonts.win32 [1k]Le chemin d'accŠs sp‚cifi‚ est introuvable.
> TLPDB::_install_data: Decompressing C:\Users\BRANTH~1\AppData\Local\Temp\7ECRMTiNF7\IitTc5PIJ8/accfonts.win32.tar.xz failed for https://ctan.mines-albi.fr/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive/accfonts.win32.tar.xzTLUtils::install_packages: Failed to install accfonts.win32                           accfonts.win32 will be retried later.Installing [0028/4309, time/total: 01:08/01:22:04]: accsupp [331k]Installing [0029/4309, time/total: 01:10/01:23:56]: achemso [890k]Installing [0030/4309, time/total: 01:13/01:26:02]: acmart [3570k]Installing [0031/4309, time/total: 01:17/01:24:57]: acmconf [111k]Installing [0032/4309, time/total: 01:19/01:26:59]: acro [1254k]Installing [0033/4309, time/total: 01:21/01:27:14]: acronym [296k]Installing [0034/4309, time/total: 01:23/01:28:55]: acroterm [160k]Installing [0035/4309, time/total: 01:25/01:30:49]: active-conf [327k]Installing [0036/4309, time/total: 01:27/01:32:25]: actuarialangle [128k]Installing [0037/4309, time/total: 01:30/01:35:24]: actuarialsymbol [295k]Installing [0038/4309, time/total: 01:31/01:35:58]: addfont [52k]Installing [0039/4309, time/total: 01:33/01:38:00]: addliga [19k]Installing [0040/4309, time/total: 01:34/01:39:01]: addlines [139k]Installing [0041/4309, time/total: 01:36/01:40:53]: adfathesis [151k]Installing [0042/4309, time/total: 01:38/01:42:43]: adforn [391k]Installing [0043/4309, time/total: 01:40/01:44:08]: adfsymbols [403k]Installing [0044/4309, time/total: 01:42/01:45:30]: adhocfilelist [30k]Installing [0045/4309, time/total: 01:43/01:46:29]: adigraph [478k]Installing [0046/4309, time/total: 01:45/01:47:41]: adjmulticol [303k]Installing [0047/4309, time/total: 01:47/01:49:11]: adjustbox [765k]Installing [0048/4309, time/total: 01:48/01:48:49]: adobemapping [2120k]Installing [0049/4309, time/total: 01:53/01:50:02]: adrconv [686k]Installing [0050/4309, time/total: 01:54/01:49:49]: adtrees [356k]Installing [0051/4309, time/total: 01:56/01:51:08]: advdate [146k]Installing [0052/4309, time/total: 01:57/01:51:50]: ae [84k]Installing [0053/4309, time/total: 01:58/01:52:39]: aeguill [29k]Installing [0054/4309, time/total: 01:59/01:53:33]: aesupp [4394k]Installing [0055/4309, time/total: 02:04/01:50:46]: afm2pl [50k]Installing [0056/4309, time/total: 02:05/01:51:35]: afm2pl.win32 [15k]Le chemin d'accŠs sp‚cifi‚ est introuvable.TLPDB::_install_data: Decompressing C:\Users\BRANTH~1\AppData\Local\Temp\7ECRMTiNF7\mrI4q1l9G8/afm2pl.win32.tar.xz failed for https://ctan.mines-albi.fr/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive/afm2pl.win32.tar.xzTLUtils::install_packages: Failed to install afm2pl.win32                           afm2pl.win32 will be retried later.Installing [0057/4309, time/total: 02:06/01:52:29]: afparticle [551k]Installing [0058/4309, time/total: 02:07/01:52:29]: afthesis [45k]Installing [0059/4309, time/total: 02:08/01:53:17]: aguplus [351k][...]Installing [0768/4309, time/total: 32:22/02:54:23]: collectbox [276k]Installing [0769/4309, time/total: 32:25/02:54:35]: collection-basic [1k]Installing [0770/4309, time/total: 32:25/02:54:35]: collection-bibtexextra [2k]Le chemin d'accŠs sp‚cifi‚ est introuvable.TLPDB::_install_data: Decompressing C:\Users\BRANTH~1\AppData\Local\Temp\7ECRMTiNF7\frRS1eno9T/collection-bibtexextra.tar.xz failed for https://ctan.mines-albi.fr/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive/collection-bibtexextra.tar.xzTLUtils::install_packages: Failed to install collection-bibtexextra                           collection-bibtexextra will be retried later.Installing [0771/4309, time/total: 32:26/02:54:41]: collection-binextra [1k]Le chemin d'accŠs sp‚cifi‚ est introuvable.TLPDB::_install_data: Decompressing C:\Users\BRANTH~1\AppData\Local\Temp\7ECRMTiNF7\RIaj6rhYJ8/collection-binextra.tar.xz failed for https://ctan.mines-albi.fr/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive/collection-binextra.tar.xzTLUtils::install_packages: Failed to install collection-binextra                           collection-binextra will be retried later.Installing [0772/4309, time/total: 32:26/02:54:41]: collection-context [1k]Le chemin d'accŠs sp‚cifi‚ est introuvable.TLPDB::_install_data: Decompressing C:\Users\BRANTH~1\AppData\Local\Temp\7ECRMTiNF7\G3uOJ0hWHe/collection-context.tar.xz failed for https://ctan.mines-albi.fr/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive/collection-context.tar.xzTLUtils::install_packages: Failed to install collection-context                           collection-context will be retried later.Installing [0773/4309, time/total: 32:27/02:54:46]: collection-fontsextra [2k]Le chemin d'accŠs sp‚cifi‚ est introuvable.```
> 
> What can I do ?
> Thanks for your help!

Installation failures may be due to 'version skew', i.e. the
repository is being updated during the installation, and may no
longer match the local file database. Just try again, preferably
with selecting a smaller scheme after clicking the advanced button.

-- 
Siep Kroonenberg

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