[tex-live] tl14 status

[Reinhard Kotucha]

On 2014-04-22 at 06:23:58 +0000, Hoffmann, Jobst wrote:

 > Hi,
 > 
 > I'm trying to install the latest TL 2014 pretest on my Fedora 20 box:
 > 
 > # ls -l
 > ...
 > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 XXXXXXXX XXXX 79535 21. Apr 20:28 install-tl
 > ...
 > # dnf list installed perl-Tk
 > Installed packages
 > perl-Tk.x86_64                      804.031-4.fc20
 > @System
 > # ./install-tl -repository http://ftp.cstug.cz/pub/tex/local/tlpretest/
 > -gui perltk
 > Loading http://ftp.cstug.cz/pub/tex/local/tlpretest/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb
 > Installing TeX Live 2014 from:
 > http://ftp.cstug.cz/pub/tex/local/tlpretest
 > Platform: x86_64-linux => 'x86_64 with GNU/Linux'
 > Distribution: net  (downloading)
 > Using URL: http://ftp.cstug.cz/pub/tex/local/tlpretest
 > Directory for temporary files: /tmp
 > invalid after png_start_read_image or png_read_update_info
 > at /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Tk/Image.pm line 21.
 > 
 > What can I do? Are there any restrictions on perl-Tk?

Maybe not all required Perl modules are installed on your system.
Simply avoid "--gui perltk" on Unix.  It's good for nothing.

Regards,
  Reinhard

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