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I'm new to Linux and just installed ubuntu 12.04 amd64 this month. I had failed to install Texlive with texlive2012 iso image.

I used the recommended command to mount: 

mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop,noauto /your/texlive2012.iso /mnt

But the installer failed to read some file. The iso is fine, I checked the md5.
I extracted everything from iso with archive manager and it installed successfully.

So, why mount is not working?

With furius iso mount tool, mount with Fuse, and it installed.
(mount first time, installed with warning, mount again, installed well.)

While mount with Loop, it failed to install.
Updated Error message from terminal, mounted with furius iso mount, loop.

texlive2012-20120701_iso$ ./install-tl -gui  
Loading ./tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb  
Installing TeX Live 2012 from: .  
Platform: x86_64-linux =    'x86_64 with GNU/Linux'  
Distribution: inst (compressed)  
Directory for temporary files: /tmp  
Installing [0001/2481, time/total: ??:??/??:??]: 12many [3k]  
Installing [0002/2481, time/total: 00:00/00:00]: 2up [4k]  
Installing [0003/2481, time/total: 00:00/00:00]: Asana-Math [457k]  
Installing [0004/2481, time/total: 00:00/00:00]: ESIEEcv [2k]  
...  
Installing [0265/2481, time/total: 00:10/01:09]: calctab [5k]  
Installing [0266/2481, time/total: 00:10/01:09]: calligra [42k]  
Installing [0267/2481, time/total: 00:10/01:09]: calligra-type1 [59k]  
Downloaded ./archive/calligra-type1.tar.xz, size equal, but md5sum differs;  
downloading again.  
./tlpkg/installer/xz/xzdec.x86_64-linux: (stdin): File is corrupt  
tar: Unexpected EOF in archive  
tar: rmtlseek not stopped at a record boundary  
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now  
untar: untarring /home/lichao/ttt/temp/calligra-type1.tar failed (in /home/lichao/ttt/texmf-dist)  
untarring /home/lichao/ttt/temp/calligra-type1.tar failed, stopping install.  
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: Could not write to install-tl.log, so flushing messages to stderr.  
Loading ./tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb  
Installing TeX Live 2012 from: .  
Platform: x86_64-linux =    'x86_64 with GNU/Linux'  
Distribution: inst (compressed)  
Directory for temporary files: /tmp  
Installer revision: 26794  
Database revision: 26935  
Installing [0001/2481, time/total: ??:??/??:??]: 12many [3k]  
Installing [0002/2481, time/total: 00:00/00:00]: 2up [4k]  
Installing [0003/2481, time/total: 00:00/00:00]: Asana-Math [457k]  
Installing [0004/2481, time/total: 00:00/00:00]: ESIEEcv [2k]  
Installing [0005/2481, time/total: 00:00/00:00]: FAQ-en [1k]  
...  
Installing [0262/2481, time/total: 00:10/01:09]: c90 [2k]  
Installing [0263/2481, time/total: 00:10/01:09]: cachepic [5k]  
Installing [0264/2481, time/total: 00:10/01:09]: cachepic.x86_64-linux [1k]  
Installing [0265/2481, time/total: 00:10/01:09]: calctab [5k]  
Installing [0266/2481, time/total: 00:10/01:09]: calligra [42k]  
Installing [0267/2481, time/total: 00:10/01:09]: calligra-type1 [59k]  
Downloaded ./archive/calligra-type1.tar.xz, size equal, but md5sum differs;  
downloading again.  
untar: untarring /home/lichao/ttt/temp/calligra-type1.tar failed (in /home/lichao/ttt/texmf-dist)  
untarring /home/lichao/ttt/temp/calligra-type1.tar failed, stopping install.  
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]  
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

I am sure that the iso is fine. I can open it with archive manager and all files are good. But after mounting it, even archive manager failed to open some files (which can be opened when the iso is opened in archive manager).

I think I'll just mount with fuse in the future.

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Please edit your question to include the error messages you get. Without them we can't possibly help. – Nifle Aug 31 '12 at 6:50
added error message from install-tl. – Chao Aug 31 '12 at 7:26
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Have you verified that you have enough space in your /tmp to extract the files? – Nifle Aug 31 '12 at 7:33
Yes, I installed to /home/xx/tex-xxx before, similar error. Archive manager can't open that error file too. – Chao Aug 31 '12 at 7:37
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Then it sounds like the file harvard.doc.tar is broken/corrupt. Can you try to untar it manually and see if tar complains. – Nifle Aug 31 '12 at 7:42
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up vote 2 down vote

Ubuntu provides packages for TeX Live: you don't need to install it manually. Just use the package manager

apt-get install texlive-full

Edit

For TeX Live 2012 there are [alternative repositories][1]

$ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:texlive-backports/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install texlive

Or: why not using the official tarball from http://www.tug.org/texlive/acquire-netinstall.html and follow the installation instructions?

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Yes, but it's texlive2009, not the new texlive2012. And I may use iso files later, so I want know if it's supported or not. – Chao Aug 31 '12 at 7:10
@Chao Added some alternative repositories – Matteo Aug 31 '12 at 7:38
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@Chao Are you really sure that the ISO is OK? With which MD5 did you compare it? – Matteo Aug 31 '12 at 7:41
Sorry, I installed too many times, so /tmp is full. That's not the error I mentioned. error message updated. There is error when my disk in NOT full. It's file corrupt. – Chao Aug 31 '12 at 9:29
Not using the ppa or net-install, because of low network speed, and no need to download 2G for reinstall. But it would have worked I guess. – Chao Aug 31 '12 at 14:06

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