Dieter Krachtus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hi, > > With the first release of lyx on Windows I build a home-cooked fully > contained lyx + miktex distribution in a single zip-file. Moving from a > desktop to laptop was as easy as extracting this zip-file. > > Why can't it be that easy with the new Lyx bundle at > http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/Windows ? It somehow does everything > automatically, e.g. gets missing parts of MikTex etc. I don't like that, > since you don't always have an internet connection, especially on travels > and it is somehow stupid to download and launch the installer on every > computer you have at home and then download the necessary MikTex packages. > Even worse, when working with Lyx and you use some special Latex features, > sometimes Lyx needs to download these missing featrues - this is > user-unfriendly and annoying. > > Therefore, I suggest that there is a big lyx distribution in the form of a > single zip-file or CD .iso that contains really everything - MikTex > (everything) + Lyx + pdf viewer + etc. I guess it is difficult it would also > be beneficial to have an lyx-.iso distribution which you simply mount and > start working - a.k.a. PortableLYX. > > Cheers, > Dieter >
To download such an .iso file will be a mess in itself. And there are always new packages and updates to MiKTeX; so an unpdate to the ISO is simply impractical. What I do is to download the whole MiKTeX package repositary once and then keep it uptodate by using the synchronisation feature of any ftp software like SmartFTP. This way I always have an uptodate version of the MiKTeX packages locally. Now you to change the package repository in MiKTeX options from "random repository" to the local folder containing MiKTeX packages. This way every install of any LyX version will use your local package repository and you do not need an internet connection. This also saves the full installation of MiKTeX; you only need the minimal installation; any required package can always be automatically installed from the local folder. Mukhtar
