[tex-live] failed test for lzmadec existence on 32-bit installation with 64-bit kernel

[Norbert Preining]

On Mo, 22 Jun 2009, Paul Menzel wrote:
> $ ./install-tl
> ./install-tl: Initialization failed (in setup_unix_one):
>   could not find a usable program for lzmadec.
> ./install-tl: Couldn't set up the necessary programs;
>   perhaps your platform (x86_64-linux) is not supported.
> 
> I am running a 32-bit system with a 64-bit kernel. (I moved the hard
> drive to the new system without reinstalling everything. [1])
> 
> $ uname -a
> Linux foo 2.6.29-2-amd64 #1 SMP Sun May 17 20:15:04 UTC 2009 x86_64
> GNU/Linux

Ahhh ok, well that we cannot handle if you cheat. We deduce the arch/os
from the uname, and then install-tl tried to execute
	tlpkg/installer/lzma/lzmadec.x86_64-linux
which didn't succeed. You shouldn't run 64bit kernel when you are on a
32 bit machine? I am in fact surprised that it works!

> I therefore downloaded »lzmadec.i386-linux« from [2] and installed it
> into my path (/usr/bin/) and made it executable (`chmod +x`). It was not

You should have installed it as
	/usr/local/bin/lzmadec
and the same with
	/usr/local/bin/lzma

> PS: Can p7zip [5] also handle files, lzmadec is there to handle?

Maybe, I don't know, and I don't care since this years TeX Live will use
xz anyway.

Best wishes

Norbert

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