Background
So I had TeX Live, as a physics/maths student it's like part of my everyday writing out my assignments, and I use markdown Mathjax for my notes. While making a R Markdown Stats Assignment, I was having issues knitting to PDF with TeX Live, so I updated the packages with the terminal, still had issues to I knitted to html instead. But when I went back to VSCode for LaTeX, I couldn't make it compile, I was encountering persistent issues primarily related to `l3backend-pdftex.def` with errors such as "Undefined control sequence" and issues with macro parameter characters and issues with an update or package inconsistency in my TeX Live distribution.
Issue Description
So I decided to reinstall. I couldn't find the program in the control panel, so I deleted the file in C, and checked there wasn't anything Tex-related in PATH in the Environment Variables in System Properties. Then I rebooted. I downloaded `install-tl-windows (1).exe` from the website, (1) because I had it before from last time (deleted now). During the installation of TeX Live, the process consistently fails with error messages related to permission denial and an inability to create certain files (e.g., luaharfbuzz.pdf, pubring.gpg). The log suggests that tar is unable to create these files due to permission issues. However I run the executable as an administrator. Screenshots are attached at the end.
Error Messages
Some of the notable error messages include:
- `tar: Could not create file texmf-
dist/doc/luatex/base/graphics/luaharfbuzz.pdf: Permission denied`
- `tar: Could not create file tlpkg/gpg/pubring.gpg: Permission denied`
- `TLPDB: :_install_data: untar failed for
https://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/CTAN/s ... doc.tar.xz`
Troubleshooting Steps Taken
1. Adjusting Permissions: I have attempted to resolve the permission issues by running the installer as an administrator, which changed nothing.
2. Safe Mode Installation: Tried installing TeX Live in Safe Mode, but encountered network issues due to the seeming lack of internet access in Safe Mode lol.
3. Changing Code Pages: I modified the system locale (code page settings for non-Unicode programs) and attempted the installation again, without success.
4. Reinstallation Attempts: I've tried to reinstall TeX Live multiple times, ensuring that any potentially conflicting older versions were removed in C and checking that there wasn't anything TeX related in PATH again beforehand.
System Information
Operating System: Windows 11
Installation Path: C:/texlive/2023
Installer Version: install-tl-20231013
I am attaching screenshots from the installation process to provide a clearer overview of the encountered issues.
Apologies if something similar has been resolved before, and I would appreciate guidance to that because I don't really know what I'm doing - I'm a physics student mostly so I have just a little bit of an idea about everything.
Any guidance or suggestions on how to successfully install TeX Live without encountering these issues would be immensely appreciated. Thank you in advance for your time and assistance.
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[1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/DLLxM.png
https://i.stack.imgur.com/DLLxM.png
