tinytex certificate is out of date?

Hi there!

When I install tinytex, I get the following error - it seems to indicate that there is soemthing wrong with the SSL certificate to install tinytex?

I've tried

  • updating homebrew
  • using the dev version of tinytex on github
  • restarting R each time
  • restarting my machine
  • different wifi connections
  • running curl -sL "https://yihui.org/gh/tinytex/tools/install-unx.sh" | sh in terminal (I get the exact same error)

Any help + guidance to how I can fix this would be greatly appreciated! :slight_smile:

tinytex::install_tinytex()
trying URL 'https://yihui.name/gh/tinytex/tools/install-unx.sh'
Content type 'text/plain; charset=utf-8' length 614 bytes
==================================================
downloaded 614 bytes

Downloading install-tl-unx.tar.gz to /var/folders/mw/gj7418356js6s29x7wn8crfmljy4wh/T ...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      100   340  100   340    0     0    158      0  0:00:02  0:00:02 --:--:--   158
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0   0      0      0 --:--:--  0:00:03 --:--:--     0
curl: (60) SSL certificate problem: certificate has expired
More details here: https://curl.haxx.se/docs/sslcerts.html

curl performs SSL certificate verification by default, using a "bundle"
 of Certificate Authority (CA) public keys (CA certs). If the default
 bundle file isn't adequate, you can specify an alternate file
 using the --cacert option.
If this HTTPS server uses a certificate signed by a CA represented in
 the bundle, the certificate verification probably failed due to a
 problem with the certificate (it might be expired, or the name might
 not match the domain name in the URL).
If you'd like to turn off curl's verification of the certificate, use
 the -k (or --insecure) option.
HTTPS-proxy has similar options --proxy-cacert and --proxy-insecure.
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100    81  100    81    0     0    649      0 --:--:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--   653
100   142  100   142    0     0          298      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  1  0
100   295  100   295    0     0    338      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--   338
tar: Error opening archive: Failed to open 'install-tl-unx.tar.gz'
rm: install-tl-unx.tar.gz: No such file or directory
sh: line 27: ../install-tl-*/install-tl: No such file or directory
rm: ../install-tl-*: No such file or directory
rm: install-tl.log: No such file or directory
sh: line 30: cd: bin/*: No such file or directory
sh: line 32: ./tlmgr: No such file or directory
sh: line 42: ./tlmgr: No such file or directory
mv: rename texlive/* to /Users/ntie0001/Library/TinyTeX/*: No such file or directory
install-unx.sh: line 20: /Users/ntie0001/Library/TinyTeX/bin/*/tlmgr: No such file or directory
install-unx.sh: line 27: /Users/ntie0001/Library/TinyTeX/bin/*/tlmgr: No such file or directory
sh: path: command not found
sh: conf: command not found
TinyTeX installed to /Users/ntie0001/Library/TinyTeX
Warning messages:
1: In system2(bin, c("path", "add")) : error in running command
2: In system2(bin, c("conf", "auxtrees", "add", r_texmf_path())) :
  error in running command
3: In tinytex::install_tinytex() :
  TinyTeX was not successfully installed or configured.Your PATH variable is /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/Library/TeX/texbin:/opt/X11/bin:/opt/local/bin. See https://yihui.name/tinytex/faq/ for more information.

I think this is downloaded from a CTAN repo. Do you have a specific one configured ?
Otherwise it should use a mirror redirected from Index of /pub/CTAN/systems/texlive/tlnet

There may be an issue with the automatic mirror chosen for your location.
Maybe changing the repository argument in install_tinytex() to a know CTAN repo can help ? Do you have a trusted one to test ?

Hi @cderv!

I tried this just yesterday and it looks like it must have been something about the mirror I was using in my area of Melbourne...which is not something I would have expected! Next time I'll know to try a different CTAN repo.

Thanks for your help!

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