[program-l] TeX Live installer windows install

[Siep Kroonenberg]

On Mon, Jan 09, 2023 at 02:49:15PM +0000, Jonathan Fine wrote:
> Hi David
> 
> I'm a sighted user of TeX Live, but only on Linux and I'm busy right now.
> I'm copying this response to three other lists, where there might be
> someone who can help you before I can get to this.
> 
> The three lists are the tex-live and accessibility lists on tug.org, and
> the Blind Maths list. The appendix gives both text and URL for your
> original message.
> 
> Best wishes, David, with your project
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> APPENDIX
> 
> URL:
> https://www.freelists.org/post/program-l/TeX-Live-installer-windows-install
> 
> On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 1:14 PM David Mehler wrote:
> 
> I've got a project upcoming. One of it's requirements is utilize TeX and
> specifically I have to install TeX Live installer on Windows. I've tried
> for two days, and it's stuck on an inaccessible screen, it's the TeX gui
> frame, it looks like a CLI window, and it appears to either want input of
> some kind or be asking a question, in any event stuck.
> 
> I'd appreciate any help.

I guess you found the text-mode installer. If not, see further down.

The text installer prints a text screen which describes your options,
represented by letters inside <> brackets. E.g. in the first screen
you can simply type 'I', followed by the Enter key, to start
installation.

It is a big installation, 8 or 9 GB. If that is a problem, you can
type S for Schem, followed by the Enter key, and then choose a
smaller scheme, e.g. b, then return to the main screen by R, and
then I for Install.

If you did not yet find the text installer: download and unpack the
zipfile
https://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl.zip, rather
than install-tl-windows.exe. This bypasses the gui 'pre-installer'.

Everything in the unpacked zipfile is in a subdirectory
install-tl-xxxxxx. There you find the main installer,
install-tl-windows.bat, which runs with a text interface if you give
it an option '-no-gui' or '-gui text':

install-tl-windows.bat -no-gui

I hope this helps.

-- 
Siep Kroonenberg