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First of all, this is not really a question but rather a comment to specify / add to the following question: Should TeXLive installation take 17+ hours? (Windows)

  1. I downloaded the iso. Download went fast. Install failed twice giving an error message. (Sadly I can't remember which one)
  2. My internet connection is good. I'm able to watch netflix in the meantime (which - of course - I only did for testing purposes)
  3. I picked several download mirrors, all with the same slow connection
  4. My PC ain't too slow. I'm running a dual boot and the installation went super fast on xubuntu. (i.e. less than 20 minutes) EDIT: 5. Download behavior is odd. See attached screenshot at the end of the posting.

So is there a solution to the other guy's (and my) problem? And by "solution", I don't mean a workaround. I already tried the workaround (downloading the iso) but it failed. I'm at 1083/4318 right now after 6:53:27. Estimated time left for installation is 27hrs.

Thank you!

P.S.: Sorry to all you folks that have to read the same question again. I really didn't mean to ask this AGAIN, but some of the older contributers on here thought it was a new question (really, it's brand new, they promise!) rather than a specification, therefore deleted my other comment and here we are. So I was kind of "forced" to ask the same question as the other guy, thus filling up this wonderful forum with annoying double-posts (which in other forums would rightfully get deleted for sure!). I wonder why these folks didn't delete the other 4-5 comments that didn't actually present a solution to the problem. Maybe it's because those users have been on here for a longer time? We'll never find out... And YES of course I'm p***ed.

Screenshot of download rate: https://ibb.co/thw5PBQ

Günni
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    Of course it shouldn't – DG' Mar 07 '22 at 20:31
  • I installed on windows the (full) texlive2022 in less than two hours. – Ulrike Fischer Mar 07 '22 at 20:40
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    Hey Ulrike, what type of installation did you use? Do you remember the download mirror by chance? Grüße, Günni – Günni Mar 07 '22 at 20:49
  • @UlrikeFischer Sorry, but “less than two hours” sounds suboptimal at best when these days one hour is enough to reinstall Windows, then download and install massively bloated Adobe and Autodesk suites each about five times the size of full TeX Live distro, then restore the settings from a cloud backup and there still will be some spare time to download and install numerous smaller apps with scoop/winget. The TeX Live installer is a pain to use and it's much faster and robust to unpack and setup portable instance or initialize a docker image, at least on modern Windows. – andselisk Mar 14 '23 at 08:32

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