On Thu, Mar 01, 2018 at 06:31:37PM +0000, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Am 28.02.2018 um 10:25 schrieb racoon: > > > Strange. I just ran the installer again and now it works. > > Have you run MiKTeX update on every run of the installer as the installer > suggested? If so your virus scanner is not to blame. > > I have not yet a solution for this other than to reinstall MiKTeX. That > MiKTeX changed 3 weeks ago (therefore the RC2 installer has no issues) the > packaging system one can describe the problem like this: > > The LyX installer uses a "key" for the "lock" of the package handling. Since > the lock was replaced, the installer needs a new key. This key works for an > updated MiKTeX but not for the old one. On top of this problem comes that > one needs 2 runs of the MiKTeX update to get the new packaging system > (lock). And even more there is a bug in the new packaging system of MiKTeX > and the MiKTeX maintainer is currently away. > > The LyX installer has no chance to detect what MiKTeX packaging system is > used on the PC. I think the only way is to build a special installer for LyX > 2.3.0 that forces 2 update runs of MiKTeX. This will assure the success but > annoys the user since maybe they already updated and 2 dry update runs can > consume up to 4 minutes installation time in which nothing happens. I know > how annoyed users are by every single button click they have to do > unnecessarily. They will be confronted with 8 additional clicks because of > the mentioned bug in MiKTeX. I think assuring a working installation is more > important but if they refuse to do all the clicks I cannot force 2 update > runs.
Thanks for the explanation. That sounds complicated, indeed. Scott
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