New TeXLive Install Package

[Michael Byczkowski]

Dear Bruno,

Thank you so much, this is most helpful and I’ll keep it in the back of my head if/when something fails next.

One (probably stupid) question: couldn’t all those formats be included pre-compiled so that they just need to be copied, or are they all really installation-dependant? – And are they all required or could a subset be generated and the remaining ones with the next run of TeX Live Utility?

Thanks and best regards,
	Michael


> On 23. Feb 2025, at 09:54, Bruno Voisin <bvoisin at icloud.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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:
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> 
> - 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
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> https://tug.org/mactex/mactex-unix-download.html
> 
> in "Possible Problems and How to Avoid Them". This is the 2024 script
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> https://tug.org/mactex/postinstall2024.sh
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> 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)
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> sudo sh postinstall2025.sh
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> 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
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> xattr -c postinstall2024.sh
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> 
> 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.
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> 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.
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