[OS X TeX] Install fail

[John Burt]

Dear Herb,
Thanks! here's the result

Last login: Tue Sep  1 12:21:09 on ttys000

[C07H5099DJD2:~] burt% bash

bash-3.2$ echo $PATH

/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/texbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin

bash-3.2$ which tar

/sw/bin/tar

bash-3.2$ bash

bash-3.2$ echo $PATH

/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/texbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin

bash-3.2$ which tar

/sw/bin/tar

bash-3.2$

On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 1:01 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com>
wrote:

> > 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)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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