My Internet connection is slow and noisy. So, at a time about 3406 package installation is difficult. I started installation using ./install-tl
it is easy. Installation output looks like —
Installing to: /usr/local/texlive/2016
Installing [0001/3406, time/total: ??:??/??:??]: 12many [376k]
Installing [0002/3406, time/total: 00:11/19:21:11]: 2up [66k]
Installing [0003/3406, time/total: 00:17/25:28:14]: Asana-Math [482k]
Installing [0004/3406, time/total: 00:27/19:19:14]: ESIEEcv [137k]
Installing [0005/3406, time/total: 00:38/23:41:21]: FAQ-en [4971k]
If there was any method that I install 100 package firstly then cancel , next 100 package and next 100 package, it would be very easy for me to install full texlive.
Best Answer
This is not possible with current installation system. The best you can do is download/copy/rsync the
tlnet
directory from CTAN. This can be done in steps, in particular if you usersync
. Then you can install from that directory.As mentioned above, downloading the
iso
image is probably not a good idea if you plan to usetlmgr update
, since so many packages have changed already since released of the image.