mactex-texlive-20250216.pkg fails

[Adam R. Maxwell]

I haven't been paying much attention to this, so I tried installing Dick's latest pkg on my MacBook Pro running Mojave, and it failed pretty much right out of the gate. The 'Code=101 "archive verify failed"' sounds like a bad download (Safari, from the Utah mirror). I guess I could try using ftp.

Feb 22 17:19:31 : @(#)PROGRAM:Install  PROJECT:Install-1000
Feb 22 17:19:31 : @(#)PROGRAM:Installer  PROJECT:Installer-934.2
Feb 22 17:19:31 : Hardware: MacBookPro11,3 @ 2.30 GHz (x 8), 16384 MB RAM
Feb 22 17:19:31 : Running OS Build: Mac OS X 10.14.6 (18G9323)
Feb 22 17:19:31 :   Installation Log
Feb 22 17:19:31 : Opened from: /Users/amaxwell/Downloads/mactex-texlive-20250222.pkg
Feb 22 17:19:31   Package Authoring Error: <background> has an unsupported MIME type: image/data
Feb 22 17:19:31   Package Authoring Error: <background_scaling> has an unsupported MIME type: X-NSObject/NSNumber
Feb 22 17:19:31   Package Authoring Error: <background_alignment> has an unsupported MIME type: X-NSObject/NSNumber
Feb 22 17:19:31   Package Authoring Error: <layout-direction> has an unsupported MIME type: X-NSObject/NSNumber
Feb 22 17:20:12 : InstallerStatusNotifications plugin loaded
Feb 22 17:20:28   ================================================================================
Feb 22 17:20:28 : User picked Standard Install
Feb 22 17:20:28 : Choices selected for installation:
Feb 22 17:20:28 : 	Install: ""
Feb 22 17:20:28 : 	Install: "(null)"
Feb 22 17:20:28   ================================================================================
Feb 22 17:20:34 : Configuring volume "Macintosh HD"
Feb 22 17:20:34   Free space on "Macintosh HD": 256.1 GB (256097345536 bytes).
Feb 22 17:20:34   Create temporary directory "/var/folders/w4/h3zjdhj08xjg5f006s6_jtz80000gn/T//Install.110002EKZWH"
Feb 22 17:20:34 : IFPKInstallElement (1 packages)
Feb 22 17:20:35   PackageKit: Enqueuing install with framework-specified quality of service (utility)
Feb 22 17:20:35 installd[15060]: PackageKit: ----- Begin install -----
Feb 22 17:21:08  nstalld[15060]: PackageKit: Install Failed: Error Domain=PKInstallErrorDomain Code=110 "An error occurred while extracting files from the package “mactex-texlive-20250222.pkg”." UserInfo={PKInstallPackageSHA256Digest=f161183391b75e37f61488f3054313f778148f7613b0dd8918245c77fa8ac090, NSLocalizedDescription=An error occurred while extracting files from the package “mactex-texlive-20250222.pkg”., NSFilePath=/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/C/PKInstallSandboxManager/4016D616-C30E-4C01-B4E9-160A27196F60.activeSandbox/Root, NSURL=file:///Users/amaxwell/Downloads/mactex-texlive-20250222.pkg#TeXLive-2025-Start.pkg, PKInstallPackageIdentifier=org.tug.mactex.texlive2025, NSUnderlyingError=0x7fcf36a3ebf0 {Error Domain=PKXARArchiveErrorDomain Code=101 "archive verify failed" UserInfo={NSURL=file:///Users/amaxwell/Downloads/mactex-texlive-20250222.pkg#TeXLive-2025-Start.pkg/Payload, NSFileOwnerAccountID=501, NSFileHFSTypeCode=0, NSFileSystemFileNumber=54666335, NSFileExtensionHidden=false, NSFileSystemNumber=16777220, NSFileSize=5981914616, NSFileGroupOwnerAccountID=80, NSFileOwnerAccountName=amaxwell, NSFilePosixPermissions=420, NSFileHFSCreatorCode=0, NSFileCreationDate=2025-02-23 00:04:26 +0000, NSFileType=NSFileTypeRegular, NSFileExtendedAttributes={
	    "com.apple.metadata:kMDItemDownloadedDate" = <62706c69 73743030 a1013341 c6b553f5 01f28008 0a000000 00000001 01000000 00000000 02000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 13>;
	    "com.apple.metadata:kMDItemWhereFroms" = <62706c69 73743030 a201025f 10426874 74703a2f 2f667470 2e6d6174 682e7574 61682e65 64752f70 75622f74 6c707265 74657374 2f6d6163 7465782d 7465786c 6976652d 32303235 30323232 2e706b67 5f102768 7474703a 2f2f6674 702e6d61 74682e75 7461682e 6564752f 7075622f 746c7072 65746573 742f080b 50000000 00000001 01000000 00000000 03000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 7a>;
	    "com.apple.quarantine" = <30303833 3b363762 61373036 613b5361 66617269 3b454132 37463939 462d4444 36352d34 4442462d 41424635 2d413446 43454645 44303642 38
Feb 22 17:21:09   Install failed: The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.
Feb 22 17:21:09 : IFDInstallController 34E1950 state = 8
Feb 22 17:21:09 : Displaying 'Install Failed' UI.
Feb 22 17:21:09   'Install Failed' UI displayed message:'The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.'.