Dieter Krachtus schrieb:
I know LyxWinInstaller but it isn't what I want. I want to install
everything on 100 computers by unzipping a file (which contains a single
folder) or copying over the network.
As I wrote this is not possible. I have on my todo list to change my installer
so that it can be run
silently because this was requested by some University computer pool guys. But
I currently focused
my work to help to get LyX 1.5.0 ready and the silent installer became much
more complicated than I
thought. Our compuert gusy pointed me to problematics that were completely new
for me, so I
postponed this.
This folder contains everything ever
possibly needed - a full MikTex install, Lyx, and programs that allowed to
be bundled by their licence or by talking to the licence holder (e.g. FoxIt
PDF viewer etc.).
As I wrote too, there is no full MiKTeX installation available. That's no
problem because the basic
installer is for many cases enough. Our computer pool guys install MiKTeX via
scripts and tell
MiKTeX what packages to install. So you can do this as well when you need to
install it on 100
computers.
You can install all available LaTeX-packages via MiKTeX before you start
traveling.
But what would you expect? That the installer has now instead of 75MB
350MB? There is for good
reasons no longer a MiKTeK complete installer available. Nobody needs
every LaTeX-package, so he can
download what he needs.
I want everything rather then being force to download every 5 minutes
something when I use special Latex features.
The install all MikTeX-packages directly ofter you have installed MiKTeX as I
wrote.
Thic can be done via a script.
Does MikTex really need registry entries to work?.
Yes.
And does Lyx really need these registry entries, or is it enough if it knows
the folder where Miktex is installed?
It only needs to know the program folders. But to get them the registry is
searched.
regards Uwe
