I saw that LyX 2.1.2 was released. I have tried the bundle setup in a 64-bit O/S but unfortunately, it still crashes just like before (cf my mail below).
On 6 March 2014 21:39, STF <lapsap7+...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I came across error while trying to install LyX 2.0.7 in Windows 7 64-bit > (actually I have tried in many computers with the same error). I'm using > the setup called "LyX-2.0.7-Bundle-1.exe" downloaded from LyX official > website. As to Windows, to be exact, I have tried Windows 7 Professional & > Enterprise SP1 64-bit but I don't think the *editions* and *SP1* parts are > relevant. I think the problem would still happen in other 64-bit Windows > O/S, eg XP, Vista, etc. > > The error I got are shown in the attached image: the upper dialog appeared > first. But almost immediately, it's grayed out and the lower dialog > appeared and LyX installation simply was aborted and failed. LyX setup > then tried to roll back but it got stuck on "Remove folder: C:\Program > Files (x86)\LyX 2.0\" and I had to press the Cancel button. > > I went a bit further and described here below: > > I took basic-miktex-2.9.5105.exe and run it in another Windows 7 64-bit > and it still crashed! I then downloaded basic-miktex-2.9.5105-x64.exe from > MiKTeX official website and tried it but that crashed as well! Seems like > MiKTeX setup has very serious problem installing in 64bit O/S! > > (Off-topic 1: Maybe it's some known bug like > http://sourceforge.net/p/miktex/bugs/2208/?) > (Off-topic 2: I have heard from some other friends of mine that MiKTeX is > actually a big piece of $h!t and their developers, being very arrogant, > didn't care about their installer not working in 64-bit O/S and I quite > agree with them after finding a lot of mails in their mailing-list which > are never answered!) > > But I found out that if I run basic-miktex-2.9.5105.exe the second time > with the option "Reinstall using recommended settings" (which is *only* > available when the setup is run outside LyX) after deleting "C:\Program > Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9" folder, the installation went through the end! > > Then at this point, if I used "LyX-2.0.7-Installer-1.exe" instead, it's > fine. So, it might be nice to warn 64 bit O/S users to download the > "LyX-2.0.7-Installer-1.exe" on the download page and give them a little bit > help on installing MiKTeX. > > Hope this helps. > >
