[OS X TeX] MacTeX "The installation failed"

[Tobias Schmidt]

I'm trying to install the current MacTeX distribution (mactex-20160603.pkg)
but am getting an "The installation failed" error. I downloaded via Safari
and checked the md5 checksum and so am sure that it's not just a corrupt
download. Here's the complete install.log:

Jun 12 18:22:41 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: LSExceptions
[0x7fa471e18aa0] loaded
Jun 12 18:22:41 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]:
@(#)PROGRAM:Install  PROJECT:Install-1000
Jun 12 18:22:41 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]:
@(#)PROGRAM:Installer  PROJECT:Installer-853
Jun 12 18:22:41 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: Hardware:
MacBookPro11,5 @ 2.80 GHz (x 8), 16384 MB RAM
Jun 12 18:22:41 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: Running OS
Build: Mac OS X 10.11.3 (15D21)
Jun 12 18:22:41 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: Env:
__CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F5:0x0:0x0
Jun 12 18:22:41 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: Env:
TMPDIR=/var/folders/wl/klf5ry4n2vg4lfmtqk5tv5sr0000gn/T/
Jun 12 18:22:41 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: Env:
HOME=/Users/tobiasschmidt
Jun 12 18:22:41 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: Env: SHELL=/bin/bash
Jun 12 18:22:41 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: Env:
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.gWKsCfbdVh/Listeners
Jun 12 18:22:41 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: Env:
Apple_PubSub_Socket_Render=/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.eTsiSMBp81/Render
Jun 12 18:22:41 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: Env:
PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
Jun 12 18:22:41 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: Env: LOGNAME=tobiasschmidt
Jun 12 18:22:41 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: Env:
XPC_SERVICE_NAME=com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000062.Installer
Jun 12 18:22:41 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: Env: COMMAND_MODE=unix2003
Jun 12 18:22:41 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: Env: USER=tobiasschmidt
Jun 12 18:22:41 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: Env: XPC_FLAGS=0x0
Jun 12 18:22:41 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: MacTeX-2016
Installation Log
Jun 12 18:22:41 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: Opened from:
/Users/tobiasschmidt/Downloads/mactex-20160603.pkg
Jun 12 18:22:42 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: Product archive
/Users/tobiasschmidt/Downloads/mactex-20160603.pkg trustLevel=202
Jun 12 18:22:46 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]:
InstallerStatusNotifications plugin loaded
Jun 12 18:22:51 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: Administrator
authorization granted.
Jun 12 18:22:51 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]:
================================================================================
Jun 12 18:22:51 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: User picked
Standard Install
Jun 12 18:22:51 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: Choices selected
for installation:
Jun 12 18:22:51 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]:   Upgrade: "MacTeX-2016"
Jun 12 18:22:51 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]:   Upgrade:
"TeXLive-2016" at path "//"
Jun 12 18:22:51 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]:
mactex-20160603.pkg#root.pkg : org.tug.mactex.texlive2016 : 1.0
Jun 12 18:22:51 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]:   Upgrade:
"GUI-Applications" at path "//"
Jun 12 18:22:51 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]:
mactex-20160603.pkg#applications.pkg : org.tug.mactex.gui2016 : 1.0
Jun 12 18:22:51 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]:   Upgrade:
"Ghostscript-9.19" at path "//"
Jun 12 18:22:51 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]:
mactex-20160603.pkg#local.pkg : org.tug.mactex.ghostscript9.19 : 1.0
Jun 12 18:22:51 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]:
================================================================================
Jun 12 18:22:51 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: It took 0.00
seconds to summarize the package selections.
Jun 12 18:22:51 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]:
-[IFDInstallController(Private) _buildInstallPlanReturningError:]:
location = file://localhost
Jun 12 18:22:51 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]:
-[IFDInstallController(Private) _buildInstallPlanReturningError:]:
file://localhost/Users/tobiasschmidt/Downloads/mactex-20160603.pkg#root.pkg
Jun 12 18:22:51 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]:
-[IFDInstallController(Private) _buildInstallPlanReturningError:]:
file://localhost/Users/tobiasschmidt/Downloads/mactex-20160603.pkg#applications.pkg
Jun 12 18:22:51 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]:
-[IFDInstallController(Private) _buildInstallPlanReturningError:]:
file://localhost/Users/tobiasschmidt/Downloads/mactex-20160603.pkg#local.pkg
Jun 12 18:22:51 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: Set
authorization level to root for session
Jun 12 18:22:51 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: Will use PK session
Jun 12 18:22:51 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: Using
authorization level of root for IFPKInstallElement
Jun 12 18:22:52 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: LSExceptions
[0x7fa471e18aa0] unloaded
Jun 12 18:22:53 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: Starting installation:
Jun 12 18:22:53 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: Configuring
volume "Macintosh HD"
Jun 12 18:22:53 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: Preparing disk
for local booted install.
Jun 12 18:22:53 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: Free space on
"Macintosh HD": 26,96 GB (26955264000 bytes).
Jun 12 18:22:53 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: Create temporary
directory "/var/folders/wl/klf5ry4n2vg4lfmtqk5tv5sr0000gn/T//Install.68769gACYZl"
Jun 12 18:22:53 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]:
IFPKInstallElement (3 packages)
Jun 12 18:22:53 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro installd[341]: PackageKit: Adding
client PKInstallDaemonClient pid=68769, uid=501
(/System/Library/CoreServices/Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Installer)
Jun 12 18:22:53 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: PackageKit:
Enqueuing install with framework-specified quality of service
(utility)
Jun 12 18:22:53 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro installd[341]: PackageKit: -----
Begin install -----
Jun 12 18:22:53 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro installd[341]: PackageKit:
request=PKInstallRequest <3 packages, destination=/>
Jun 12 18:22:53 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro installd[341]: PackageKit: packages=(
        "PKLeopardPackage
<file://localhost/Users/tobiasschmidt/Downloads/mactex-20160603.pkg#root.pkg>",
        "PKLeopardPackage
<file://localhost/Users/tobiasschmidt/Downloads/mactex-20160603.pkg#applications.pkg>",
        "PKLeopardPackage
<file://localhost/Users/tobiasschmidt/Downloads/mactex-20160603.pkg#local.pkg>"
    )
Jun 12 18:22:59 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro installd[341]: PackageKit:
Extracting file://localhost/Users/tobiasschmidt/Downloads/mactex-20160603.pkg#root.pkg
(destination=/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/C/PKInstallSandboxManager/8BD855B4-CAA1-4A63-8137-72E3A47D8F49.activeSandbox/Root,
uid=0)
Jun 12 18:23:40 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro installd[341]: PackageKit:
Extracting file://localhost/Users/tobiasschmidt/Downloads/mactex-20160603.pkg#applications.pkg
(destination=/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/C/PKInstallSandboxManager/8BD855B4-CAA1-4A63-8137-72E3A47D8F49.activeSandbox/Root/Applications,
uid=0)
Jun 12 18:23:42 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro installd[341]: PackageKit:
Extracting file://localhost/Users/tobiasschmidt/Downloads/mactex-20160603.pkg#local.pkg
(destination=/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/C/PKInstallSandboxManager/8BD855B4-CAA1-4A63-8137-72E3A47D8F49.activeSandbox/Root/usr/local,
uid=0)
Jun 12 18:23:43 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro installd[341]: PackageKit: prevent
user idle system sleep
Jun 12 18:23:43 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro installd[341]: PackageKit:
suspending backupd
Jun 12 18:23:43 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro install_monitor[68901]:
Temporarily excluding: /Applications, /Library, /System, /bin,
/private, /sbin, /usr
Jun 12 18:23:43 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro install_monitor[68901]:
Re-included: /Applications, /Library, /System, /bin, /private, /sbin,
/usr
Jun 12 18:23:43 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro installd[341]: PackageKit: releasing backupd
Jun 12 18:23:43 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro installd[341]: PackageKit: allow
user idle system sleep
Jun 12 18:23:43 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro installd[341]: PackageKit: Install
Failed: Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=2 "No such file or
directory" UserInfo={NSFilePath=/private/tmp/PKInstallSandbox.XXXXXX}
{
        NSFilePath = "/private/tmp/PKInstallSandbox.XXXXXX";
    }
Jun 12 18:23:43 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro installd[341]: PackageKit: Running
idle tasks
Jun 12 18:23:43 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]:
install:didFailWithError:Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=2 "No
such file or directory"
UserInfo={NSFilePath=/private/tmp/PKInstallSandbox.XXXXXX}
Jun 12 18:23:43 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro installd[341]: PackageKit:
Removing client PKInstallDaemonClient pid=68769, uid=501
(/System/Library/CoreServices/Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Installer)
Jun 12 18:23:44 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: Install failed:
The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to
fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.
Jun 12 18:23:44 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]:
IFDInstallController 74036930 state = 8
Jun 12 18:23:44 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: Displaying
'Install Failed' UI.
Jun 12 18:23:44 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro Installer[68769]: 'Install Failed'
UI displayed message:'The Installer encountered an error that caused
the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for
assistance.'.
Jun 12 18:23:53 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro installd[341]: PackageKit: Done
with sandbox removals
Jun 12 18:23:53 Tobiass-MacBook-Pro installd[341]: PackageKit: Sandbox
/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/C/PKInstallSandboxManager/563D4C1A-7052-4D64-9A27-42AFEBA305D2.sandbox:
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