[OS X TeX] MacTeX 2012 fails to install on PPC-leopard

[Herbert Schulz]

On Sep 3, 2012, at 1:47 PM, Pierre LAUGINIE <pierre.lauginie at orange.fr> wrote:

> Thanks for your suggestions. However:
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> 1) I use Safari.
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> 2)  Checksum in the terminal : openssl md5 following the prompt and then drag and drop the file MacTex.pkg in the terminal window. Then I yield:
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> new-host:~ admin$ openssl md5/Users/admin/Desktop/MacTeX.pkg
> openssl:Error: 'md5/Users/admin/Desktop/MacTeX.pkg' is an invalid command.
> Same result starting from the upper level host:
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> new-host:/ admin$ openssl md5/Users/admin/Desktop/MacTeX.pkg
> openssl:Error: 'md5/Users/admin/Desktop/MacTeX.pkg' is an invalid command.
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> My mac has a strange behaviour!
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> Pierre Lauginie
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>> Download with Safari. Other browsers don't reliably work.
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>> If you got a full download, check the md5 sum at
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>>        http://tug.org/mactex
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>> If it doesn't agree with the value there, your download was defective.
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>> If neither suggestion helps, write again.
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>> Dick Koch
>> koch at math.uoregon.edu
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>> On Sep 3, 2012, at 8:23 AM, Pierre LAUGINIE <pierre.lauginie at orange.fr> wrote:
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>> > My machine: PowerPC G5 MacOS 10.5.8
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>> > Re-installing recently OS 10.5.8 (after a series of crashes), I have lost MacTeX 2011 which otherwise was running correctly (at least, I lost texlive, pdflatex etc., but not TeXShop and similar files).
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>> > Thus, I download MacTeX 2012 from MacTex.pkg. The installation starts and soon stops "installation failed" with the message: "the program couldn't validate the package 'local-2'. Contact the editor of the software" ("le programme n'a pas pu valider le contenu du paquet 'local-2', etc."). Same result from two mirror sites (french site ircam and US site).
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>> > Did anybody encounter such a problem ?
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>> > Finally, I downloaded MacTeX-basic 2012, which seems to run correctly. But what about full macTeX 2012 ?
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>> > Thanks if anybody has an idea.
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>> > Pierre
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Howdy,

There has to be a space between the md5 and the path:

openssl md5 /Users/admin/Desktop/MacTeX.pkg

or, easier, simply

md5 ~/Desktop/MacTeX.pkg

in Terminal. Assuming you have MacTeX.pkg on your Desktop.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)