New TeXLive Install Package

[Bruno Voisin]

> Michael Byczkowski wrote:
> 
> Sadly, the new version fails again after 10 min.

Hi Michael,

In case this can't be fixed (most likely), and for some reason the solution of building the formats via TLU can't be used, there is still an alternative:


- Install TeX Live the Unix way, downloading install-tl-unx.tar.gz and running the install script.

(Beware: the 3000+ packages are downloaded and unpacked one by one, this takes time. Took me several hours, but this was from France using the Utah mirror, so not optimal.)


- Download the postinstall script separately and run it. Since it will be run on its own, not within the Installer app, the 600s limit won't apply.

The script is referenced towards the bottom of

https://tug.org/mactex/mactex-unix-download.html

in "Possible Problems and How to Avoid Them". This is the 2024 script

https://tug.org/mactex/postinstall2024.sh

for now, you'll need to edit and replace every instance of 2024 in it by 2025, then (assuming you rename the script to postinstall2025.sh)

sudo sh postinstall2025.sh

Like any downloaded file, the script will have the com.apple.quarantine extended attribute set. This shouldn't cause any problem, but in case it does, the extended attribute can be removed with

xattr -c postinstall2024.sh


Then you have to download and install the GUI apps using mactex-guiapplications-20250215.pkg, but that's already the case with mactex-texlive-20250222.pkg.

Good luck with the pretest,

Bruno

PS As I finish writing this I see you've just managed to install the texlive package within the 600s limit. Well done! I'm sending this anyway, for future reference if need be.