MikTeX server intermittent this morning. It worked on one computer, fails on other 3. Suspect that server is just flaky.
There are good arguments for installing TexLive. Its maintained by a community, not just one person, being the most important among them. Plus, with TexLive we are consistent across platforms, my Linux workstation and the Macintosh ones seem same. On the machines where I've done both installs, it appears to me that pdf compile with TexLive is quite a bit faster. Have no idea why, but others have made same claim. TexLive is a surprisingly slow install. Even if you put the whole iso on disk, and disconnect entirely from the internet, the install takes 1 hour. I've done it on 3 machines during the night. At first I thought it was slow because it was trying to pull updates or something, but no. It is just a slow install. Aside from that, it appears fine to me. Make sure texlive/bin/win32 is put in the path, all can work. Previously installed LyX still looks for MikTex, but you can make sure LyX knows is supposed to use TeXLive if you remove LyX and re-install. It will ask which LaTeX to use. Seems like we ought to have a post-install config setting there, but don't know how. (PS: don't use the LyX Bundle for LyX). Only puzzle I did not work out so far is how to get spell check and other pieces from LyX bundle to work with LyX installed separately. If the LyX website pointed at the installers for spellcheckers and JabRef and whatever comes in bundle, with some install tips, it would be nice. Since I don't do Windows much, I ask a lot of stupid questions.... On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 11:46 AM, Roberto Fanciulli <far...@gmail.com> wrote: > By several days the Paul Johnson problem is also my problem and I do not find > a solution. > I reinstalled MiKTeX many times, but MiKTeX Package, and MiKTeX Update do > not work (they do not find any package repository). > > [image: Immagine incorporata 1] > The two alternatives that have remained are: > 1) uninstall MiKTeX, uninstall and reinstall LyX2.2.2 bundle version (LyX- > 222-Bundle-2.exe) hoping for a successful installation of MiKTeX too; > 2) setting LyX to TeXLive and forget MiKTeX. > > > Tips for other less drastic solutions already tested? > > (My system: LyX2.2.2 with MiKTeX2.9 on Windows 10) > > Roberto > > 2016-10-29 8:35 GMT+02:00 CarLaTeX <carlatex...@gmail.com>: > >> >> 2016-10-29 8:09 GMT+02:00 Paul Johnson <pauljoh...@gmail.com>: >> >>> I wonder if Windows users see this problem in MikTeX regularly. I'm a >>> Linux user, but I try to help the Windows students around here. >>> >>> I've done several LyX installs in Windows systems while preparing for >>> a workshop this week. I think the LyX-2.2.2 installation of MikTeX >>> has some improvements. It pulls in quite a few more packages when it >>> first starts. >>> >>> Even though the LyX bundle installer works OK, I'm frustrated with >>> MikTeX. Today, I experience the problem that my MikTeX can't install >>> new packages on any of these systems. Others have described it >>> http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/251242/unable-to-conn >>> ect-to-repository-in-miktex-2-9. >>> >>> MikTeX cannot retrieve the list of repositories from the central >>> MikTeX server. Even if the package-server I want to use is online, >>> the MikTeX routine fails. This has me angry enough now to use TexLive >>> instead. >>> >>> TexLive is a big download, but it seems to come with all of the >>> packages, no problem. It does not have the on-the-fly install, but >>> maybe I don't care. >>> >>> I don't want to remove MikTex yet, I don't think I should have to. >>> >>> I had a little trouble getting LyX to use TexLive, however. I thought >>> it should be sufficient to put the TexLive bin\win32 folder in the >>> path ahead of MikTex\bin, but that was not sufficient. >>> >>> In LyX itself, the preferences have a path variable in which I must >>> delete MikTeX and replace it with TeXLive. >>> >>> This seems to work within my user account. >>> >>> I'd like to make this change in LyX on a system-wide basis, so that >>> all new users who try LyX will get TeXLive. Know what I mean? >>> >>> Before I tell students who maintain their own PCs, I wonder if there >>> are problems ahead. Do you have some ideas? >>> >>> -- >>> Paul E. Johnson http://pj.freefaculty.org >>> Director, Center for Research Methods and Data Analysis >>> http://crmda.ku.edu >>> >>> To write to me directly, please address me at pauljohn at ku.edu. >>> >> >> I'm using LyX (various version, now 2.2.2) with MiKTeX (2.9) on Windows >> (10) since April 2015 with no problems. >> Today the site is down but you should only have to wait few hours. >> Bye! >> >> Carla >> > > -- Paul E. Johnson http://pj.freefaculty.org Director, Center for Research Methods and Data Analysis http://crmda.ku.edu To write to me directly, please address me at pauljohn at ku.edu.
