[OS X TeX] Install fail

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Sep 1, 2015, at 11:22 AM, John Burt <burt at brandeis.edu> wrote:
> 
> I was unable to install MacTeX from the DVD. I opened MacTeX Install Part 1, and copied
> the lines into the terminal as directed. Here is the output from the terminal:
> 
> Last login: Tue Sep  1 12:13:45 on ttys000
> 
> [C07H5099DJD2:~] burt% bash
> 
> bash-3.2$ umask 0022
> 
> bash-3.2$ cd /Volumes/TEXCOL2015/texlive
> 
> bash-3.2$ sudo ./install-tl --profile /Volumes/TEXCOL2015/mactex/MacTeX-Install/TLprofiles/texlive.profile
> 
> Automated TeX Live installation using profile: /Volumes/TEXCOL2015/mactex/MacTeX-Install/TLprofiles/texlive.profile
> 
> Loading ./tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb
> 
> Installing TeX Live 2015 from: .
> 
> Platform: x86_64-darwin => 'MacOSX/Darwin on x86_64'
> 
> Distribution: inst (compressed)
> 
> Directory for temporary files: /tmp
> 
> Installing to: /usr/local/texlive/2015
> 
> Installing [0001/3220, time/total: ??:??/??:??]: 12many [376k]
> 
> Can't exec "tar": Bad CPU type in executable at tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm line 2338, <PROFILE> line 79.
> ...

Howdy,

Out of curiosity would you open Terminal and execute

echo $PATH
which tar

and then the three commands

bash
echo $PATH
which tar

and let us know the outcome?

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)