[EXT] Re: TL 2024 cannot be installed on some Windows computers

[Philip Taylor (RHBNC)]

Denis Bitouzé wrote:


The file archive/tlperl.windows.r69939.tar.xz that can be found when the
texlive2024.iso is mounted has the same checksum.



When I uncompress the tar.xz file, I get



I couldn't just uncompress this file on Windows: even `tar -xf`
uncompress and extract, and the intermediate file
tlperl.windows.r69939.tar isn't available.


It just so happens that I have a copy of texlive2024.iso on my primary Windows 7 machine, and on mounting it as my W: drive I see under "archive" the file "tlperl.windows.r69939.tar.xz".  Being a Windows user, I accept the default "open" action, which is to open it using "WinRAR", and WinRAR shews me that it contains a top-level directory "tlpkg".  I can then extract "tlpkg" and all of its contents to a temporary directory, and no problems are encountered.  This suggests to me, Denis, that your "tar" program may be the source of your problem.
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Philip Taylor

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