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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Which version of tar do you have? Is you $PATH set correctly?<div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Markus<br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 12:22:48 -0400<br>From: burt@brandeis.edu<br>To: macosx-tex@email.esm.psu.edu<br>Subject: [OS X TeX] Install fail<br><br><div dir="ltr">I was unable to install MacTeX from the DVD. I opened MacTeX Install Part 1, and copied<div>the lines into the terminal as directed. Here is the output from the terminal:</div><div><br></div><div>







<span>Last login: Tue Sep  1 12:13:45 on ttys000</span><BR>
<span>[C07H5099DJD2:~] burt% bash</span><BR>
<span>bash-3.2$ umask 0022</span><BR>
<span>bash-3.2$ cd /Volumes/TEXCOL2015/texlive</span><BR>
<span>bash-3.2$ sudo ./install-tl --profile /Volumes/TEXCOL2015/mactex/MacTeX-Install/TLprofiles/texlive.profile</span><BR>
<span>Automated TeX Live installation using profile: /Volumes/TEXCOL2015/mactex/MacTeX-Install/TLprofiles/texlive.profile</span><BR>
<span>Loading ./tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb</span><BR>
<span>Installing TeX Live 2015 from: .</span><BR>
<span>Platform: x86_64-darwin => 'MacOSX/Darwin on x86_64'</span><BR>
<span>Distribution: inst (compressed)</span><BR>
<span>Directory for temporary files: /tmp</span><BR>
<span>Installing to: /usr/local/texlive/2015</span><BR>
<span>Installing [0001/3220, time/total: ??:??/??:??]: 12many [376k]</span><BR>
<span>Can't exec "tar": Bad CPU type in executable at tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm line 2338, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
<span>untar: untarring /usr/local/texlive/2015/temp/12many.tar failed (in /usr/local/texlive/2015/texmf-dist)</span><BR>
<span>untarring /usr/local/texlive/2015/temp/12many.tar failed, stopping install.</span><BR>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1551, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1552, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
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<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1565, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
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<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
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<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
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<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
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<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
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<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
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<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
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<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
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<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1556, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1567, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1558, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
<span>print() on closed filehandle PROFILE at ./install-tl line 1568, <PROFILE> line 79.</span><BR>
<span>Installation failed.</span><BR>
<span>Rerunning the installer will try to restart the installation.</span><BR>
<span>Or you can restart by running the installer with:</span><BR>
<span>  install-tl --profile installation.profile [EXTRA-ARGS]</span><BR>
<span>./install-tl: Could not write to install-tl.log, so flushing messages to stderr.</span><BR>
<span>Automated TeX Live installation using profile: /Volumes/TEXCOL2015/mactex/MacTeX-Install/TLprofiles/texlive.profile</span><BR>
<span>Loading ./tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb</span><BR>
<span>Installing TeX Live 2015 from: .</span><BR>
<span>Platform: x86_64-darwin => 'MacOSX/Darwin on x86_64'</span><BR>
<span>Distribution: inst (compressed)</span><BR>
<span>Directory for temporary files: /tmp</span><BR>
<span>Installer revision: 37482</span><BR>
<span>Database revision: 37489</span><BR>
<span>Settings:</span><BR>
<span>  TEXDIR: "/usr/local/texlive/2015"</span><BR>
<span>  TEXMFCONFIG: "~/Library/texlive/2015/texmf-config"</span><BR>
<span>  TEXMFHOME: "~/Library/texmf"</span><BR>
<span>  TEXMFLOCAL: "/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local"</span><BR>
<span>  TEXMFSYSCONFIG: "/usr/local/texlive/2015/texmf-config"</span><BR>
<span>  TEXMFSYSVAR: "/usr/local/texlive/2015/texmf-var"</span><BR>
<span>  TEXMFVAR: "~/Library/texlive/2015/texmf-var"</span><BR>
<span>  binary_amd64-freebsd: "0"</span><BR>
<span>  binary_amd64-netbsd: "0"</span><BR>
<span>  binary_i386-cygwin: "0"</span><BR>
<span>  binary_i386-freebsd: "0"</span><BR>
<span>  binary_i386-linux: "0"</span><BR>
<span>  binary_i386-netbsd: "0"</span><BR>
<span>  binary_i386-solaris: "0"</span><BR>
<span>  binary_sparc-solaris: "0"</span><BR>
<span>  binary_universal-darwin: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  binary_win32: "0"</span><BR>
<span>  binary_x86_64-cygwin: "0"</span><BR>
<span>  binary_x86_64-darwin: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  binary_x86_64-linux: "0"</span><BR>
<span>  binary_x86_64-solaris: "0"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-basic: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-bibtexextra: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-binextra: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-context: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-fontsextra: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-fontsrecommended: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-fontutils: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-formatsextra: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-games: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-genericextra: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-genericrecommended: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-htmlxml: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-humanities: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-langafrican: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-langarabic: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-langchinese: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-langcjk: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-langcyrillic: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-langczechslovak: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-langenglish: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-langeuropean: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-langfrench: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-langgerman: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-langgreek: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-langindic: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-langitalian: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-langjapanese: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-langkorean: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-langother: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-langpolish: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-langportuguese: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-langspanish: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-latex: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-latexextra: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-latexrecommended: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-luatex: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-mathextra: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-metapost: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-music: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-omega: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-pictures: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-plainextra: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-pstricks: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-publishers: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-science: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-texworks: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-wintools: "0"</span><BR>
<span>  collection-xetex: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  doc_splitting_supported: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  in_place: "0"</span><BR>
<span>  inst_platform: "x86_64-darwin"</span><BR>
<span>  n_collections_available: "48"</span><BR>
<span>  n_collections_selected: "47"</span><BR>
<span>  n_systems_available: "14"</span><BR>
<span>  n_systems_selected: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  option_adjustrepo: "0"</span><BR>
<span>  option_autobackup: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  option_backupdir: "tlpkg/backups"</span><BR>
<span>  option_desktop_integration: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  option_doc: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  option_file_assocs: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  option_fmt: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  option_letter: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  option_menu_integration: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  option_path: "0"</span><BR>
<span>  option_post_code: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  option_src: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  option_sys_bin: "/usr/local/bin"</span><BR>
<span>  option_sys_info: "/usr/local/share/info"</span><BR>
<span>  option_sys_man: "/usr/local/share/man"</span><BR>
<span>  option_w32_multi_user: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  option_write18_restricted: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  portable: "0"</span><BR>
<span>  selected_scheme: "scheme-full"</span><BR>
<span>  src_splitting_supported: "1"</span><BR>
<span>  this_platform: "x86_64-darwin"</span><BR>
<span>  total_size: "0"</span><BR>
<span>Installing to: /usr/local/texlive/2015</span><BR>
<span>Installing [0001/3220, time/total: ??:??/??:??]: 12many [376k]</span><BR>
<span>untar: untarring /usr/local/texlive/2015/temp/12many.tar failed (in /usr/local/texlive/2015/texmf-dist)</span><BR>
<span>untarring /usr/local/texlive/2015/temp/12many.tar failed, stopping install.</span><BR>
<span>Installation failed.</span><BR>
<span>Rerunning the installer will try to restart the installation.</span><BR>
<span>Or you can restart by running the installer with:</span><BR>
<span>  install-tl --profile installation.profile [EXTRA-ARGS]</span><BR>
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