I'm trying to install texlive. I proceeded in the recommended way, as per
After hours since initiating the download with install-tl as per instructions in How to install “vanilla” TeXLive on Debian or Ubuntu?. Hours after intiating the install-tl command, the installation aborted with the following error message:
Installing [2507/3271, time/total: 03:01:18/03:46:09]: rec-thy [221k]
TLUtils::check_file: removing /tmp/bgLBEx3xxA/o1ankpQviV/rec-thy.tar.xz, sizes differ:
TLUtils::check_file: TL=0, arg=7428
TLPDB::_install_package: downloading did not succeed
Installation failed.
Rerunning the installer will try to restart the installation.
Or you can restart by running the installer with:
install-tl --profile installation.profile [EXTRA-ARGS]
install-tl: Writing log in current directory:
/usr/local/src/install-tl-20160728/install-tl.log
I have no idea how to implement the crypic instruction
install-tl --profile installation.profile [EXTRA-ARGS]
because I can't find any information as what the EXTRA-ARGS should be, and google provided no help. So I started again with
install-tl
hoping it would be smart enough not to start from scratch, but it wasn't, and did start from scratch, meaning another 3 hours. This time it crashed after a few minutes, with
Installing [0051/3271, time/total: 04:08/04:30:47]: ae [84k]
TLUtils::check_file: removing /tmp/ZLEUeUk8LV/ps7iOTjRWq/ae.tar.xz, sizes differ:
TLUtils::check_file: TL=43160, arg=57364
TLPDB::_install_package: downloading did not succeed
Installation failed.
Rerunning the installer will try to restart the installation.
Or you can restart by running the installer with:
install-tl --profile installation.profile [EXTRA-ARGS]
install-tl: Writing log in current directory: /usr/local/src/install-tl-20160728/install-tl.log
Why would the installation crash at different places? Could somebody please interpret these crashes and how to prevent them? If the installation crashes again, is there a way of picking up where I left off? (presumably using the mysterious EXTRA-ARGS?). If all else fails, is there another way of getting a less complete latex installation that will actually work?
Thanks very much for any advice?