[EXT] TL 2024 cannot be installed on some Windows computers (again!)

[Zdenek Wagner]

pá 6. 12. 2024 v 16:45 odesílatel Denis Bitouzé
<denis.bitouze at univ-littoral.fr> napsal:
>
> Sorry I forgot to say that I executed PowerShell as an administrator.
>
> (And sorry, I'm not on my computer and currently can't answer with the context).
>
Anyway, if it says "permission denied", I would examine permissions
and ownership of files and folders. The permissions on the NTFS drives
are quite complex.

Zdeněk Wagner
https://www.zdenek-wagner.eu/


> ----- Mail original -----
> > De: "Zdenek Wagner" <zdenek.wagner at gmail.com>
> > À: "Denis Bitouzé" <denis.bitouze at univ-littoral.fr>
> > Cc: "tex-live" <tex-live at tug.org>
> > Envoyé: Vendredi 6 Décembre 2024 16:41:45
> > Objet: Re: [EXT] TL 2024 cannot be installed on some Windows computers (again!)
>
> > pá 6. 12. 2024 v 16:24 odesílatel Denis Bitouzé
> > <denis.bitouze at univ-littoral.fr> napsal:
> >>
> >> > De: "Zdenek Wagner" <zdenek.wagner at gmail.com>
> >> > À: "Denis Bitouzé" <denis.bitouze at univ-littoral.fr>
> >> > Cc: "Philip Taylor" <P.Taylor at rhul.ac.uk>, "tex-live" <tex-live at tug.org>
> >> > Envoyé: Vendredi 29 Novembre 2024 18:24:19
> >> > Objet: Re: [EXT] TL 2024 cannot be installed on some Windows computers (again!)
> >>
> >> > As the name says, install-tl-windows.bat is for windows.
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I'm in the class room with my students and I can test again.
> >>
> >> I ran:
> >>
> >> .\install-tl-windows.bat -no-gui
> >>
> >> but this failed as well with the message:
> >>
> >> [...]
> >> Installing [6/6, time/total: 00:05/00:17]: tlperl.windows [10352k]
> >> tar: Cannot open
> >> C:\Users\maelys\AppData\Local\Temp\Fkb1hd_W8Q\bECMJCl13R/tlperl.windows.r69939.tar:
> >> Permission denied
> >> TLUtils::untar: D:\tlpkg\installer\tar.exe xmf
> >> C:\Users\maelys\AppData\Local\Temp\Fkb1hd_W8Q\bECMJCl13R/tlperl.windows.r69939.tar
> >> failed (in C:/texlive/2024)
> >> TLPDB::_install_data: untar failed for D:/archive/tlperl.windows.r69939.tar.xz
> >>
> > Maybe I am wrong but it seems to be installed by a normal user into
> > C:\texlive\2024. If C:\texlive does not exist, a user without
> > administrative rights cannot create it. Then subfolder 2024 can only
> > be created if permissions of C:\texlive allow it. Isn't this the
> > problem?
> >
> >> (full details in the join log.txt file)
> >> --
> >> Denis
> >
> >
> > Zdeněk Wagner
> > https://www.zdenek-wagner.eu/
>
> --
> Denis