can't install or upgrade from local anymore (setup v. 2.416)

[Max Bowsher]

Urs Rau wrote:
> I have been using setup.exe for months (years?) to "download from
> internet" the files to a "local" network location and have always been
> able to then "install from local directory" to other workstations
> installing from local "root directory".
> But recently it has stopped functioning. I can successfully download
> from the internet but when I later try to "install from local directory"
>   the installer goes and checks the md5 sums fo the local archives but
> then at the end of that process the "next" button remains greyed out.
>
> I have tried a few things, like deleting it all and starting from
> scratch. but to no avail the result was the same.
> Any ideas? I am running version 2.416 fo setup.exe BUT I am not sure if
> I have ever run it successfully with version 2.416 or only with earlier
> ones. Is this a common problem and is there any solution to this?

It's not a common problem - I can't reproduce it, and we have only had one
other report of this problem. Unfortunately, we know neither the cause, nor
any solutions.

Max.


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