Pause and resume TeX Live install

[Denis Bitouzé]

Le 12/02/25 à 16h34, Bruno Voisin via tex-live a écrit :

> I've been running install-tl for the pretest for over 1.5 hours now, and the
> estimated remaining time is almost 6 hours hours:
>
> Installing [1359/4813, time/total: 01:45:02/05:53:20]: embrac [458k]
>
> Problem is, I've got to vacate the premisses (my office) in about 2.5
> hours. Meaning closing the lid of my laptop, losing network connection
> etc. Surely the installation will break.
>
> So I was wondering, is it possible to pause the installation and resume later,
> without having to restart from scratch and re-download everything?

This is why I prefer to download the ISO file: the download +
installation is much faster (and, ice on the cake, you can provide it to
other people via a USB key).
-- 
Denis