Hi Stephen Surely there's a better way, right? Is there not like an index file or something like that that I need to put into the local folder to make Miktex happy? I guess this is a question for the Miktex list instead.
Cheers JP TechTonics wrote: > John Pye wrote: > >> Hi all >> >> I'm in a bit of a bind with getting LyX 1.4.2 to run under Windows. >> >> For some crazy reason over which I have no control, our local firewall >> doesn't allow PASV FTP connections. So I downloaded the 'bundle' >> installer and thought I would be fine, but I find that I need support >> for the 'subfigure' package. This isn't included in the standard bundle >> (could it be added?) and because of the PASV problem, I can't use the >> MikTex configuration utility to install it. I managed to download the >> subfigure.cab file and put it in a local folder, which I thought would >> do the trick, however when I point MikTex at this folder, it says that >> the folder "does not seem to be a local package repository". >> >> What's the right way to get around this, does anyone know? >> >> Cheers >> JP >> > > I suppose another way is to unpack the cab file into > the right Miktex directories, run Refresh database, and > LyX Reconfigure, which requires knowing the TDS (.zip). > > Regards, > Stephen > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >
