[tlbuild] Configure issues with texlive-20091107

[Norbert Preining]

On Do, 14 Jan 2010, Angel Tsankov wrote:
> I simply want to install TL into standard locations as a regular user.
> The regular user has write permissions on these locations.

???

So why don't you simply start the installer from the DVD, or download 
the installer for TL2009 from the net and install TL2009 directly
from the network?

BTW, this has *nothing* to do with tlbuild!

On Do, 14 Jan 2010, Angel Tsankov wrote:
> Are you sure the iso is identical to the tar files?!  When I run the  

Yes.

> install-tl script directly from the iso file, TL gets installed, but  

So then what else do you want if it is already installed?

> when I unpack all four texlive-*.tar.lzma files, remove the leading  
> texlive-* directory components and run install-tl, I get this:

How do you run install-tl?

> Can't locate TeXLive/TLUtils.pm in @INC (@INC contains: ./tlpkg  
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.10.1/i686-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.10.1  
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/i686-linux  
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1  
> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.1/i686-linux  
> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.1 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at  
> ./install-tl line 50.

Is install-tl script *within* the same directory where all the texmf
trees are, as well as the tlpkg directory?

> This happens with TL 2008.  How would you explain it?

Because you messed things up.

Best wishes

Norbert
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