On Sat, Aug 25, 2007 at 09:53:47PM +0200, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Dave Hewitt schrieb: > > > The LyX pop-up instructions for the GSView installer indicate that > > you'll need to choose a language, but I was not offered a language > > choice in GSView. > > I cannot reproduce. The attached image "GSview-language.png" shows what I > get when I press "Setup" in the appearing GSview installer. > > > The JabRef installer appeared to run just fine, created a desktop icon > > and everything, and happily closed. Then a LyX installer pop-up said > > that JabRef could not be installed properly, so I should try again > > later. The LyX installer went along fine after that. JabRef is clearly > > on the machine and working. Was this just a LyX installer erroneous > pop-up? > > Yes, this is indeed a bug I fixed now for the next release. > > > When asked if I wanted to update MiKTeX before starting LyX, I said Yes > > and used the default repository. The download stalled at some point in > > the process (> 5 minutes), so I quit and tried to update again by the > > shortcut in the Start Menu. I used a USA repository and it worked. > > This can unfortunately not be avoided in every case: When MiKTeX provide > new updates some package repository need some hours to be up to date. Until > they are up to date, you get this error. > The default repository I chose for the installer is the one that works the > best in my tests. > > > Upon first start-up of LyX, the configuration did indeed take a very > > long time... over 25 minutes. It hung up a lot "checking for" various > > document/docbook classes and packages. Many of them completed with a > > "no" and many did not return a response at all (the "..." just stayed > > there and it went on to the next one). > > Yes, this is the installation of LaTeX-packages LyX is using. Not all > packages are available, therefore you get a "no", but this doesn't matter, > since these packages are only needed to write papers for special journals.
Since the installer fight showed his ugly head recently I think I might mention my opinion on such behaviour: Waiting 25 minutes for something that I don't need is a bit beyond my expectation even of a 'complete install'. Can't this 'LaTeX package search' thing not somehow happen in the background? Andre'
