Paul Schwartz schrieb:
I followed your recommendation installing using LyXWin installer without
uninstalling former versions. During installation, check for Miktex update
(no one availabe Miktex version 2.4.1667)[ I do not update to 2.5],
Yes, you can there only update within a MiKTeX-version. That means you get there updates only for
MiKTeX 2.4 when you have 2.4 installed. But now only MiKTeX 2.6 is supported by the MiKTeX developers.
completing the installation process, LyX 1.5.1 crashed when starting.
Hmm, a crash is normally not a problem with incompatibilities between installed
LyX-versions.
Could you please start LyX by running directly the lyx.exe? Then a console window is opened together
with LyX showing you some debugging output.
> My former version LyX 1.4.3 svn is still working properly
But SVN-versions are not stable one so this could eventually be a problem.
1) May I uninstall 1.5.1 version without disturbing 1.4.3 and try to
reinstall it
Yes. But I recommend to also uninstall MiKTeX and reinstall LyX using the complete installer version
for LyX. This will also install MiKTeX 2.6.
This is how I did it:
I also run different LyX-versions without problems:
- I first unistalled LyX 1.4.x and MiKTeX
- I uninstalled LyX 1.5svn that I had installed for testing
- I installed LyX 1.5.1 using the complete installer version
- I installed LyX 1.4.5 using this installer:
https://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5117&release_id=13213
(version 2.17)
2) I was looking to install JabRef but after installation the LyXWin
installer advise me that it was not properly installed even it started .
My fault, will be fixed for the next release. You can leave JabRef as it is
properly installed.
5) I have been surprised because the configuration at the end of
installation has been done very quickly when generally it last a very long
time
Then it seems that MiKTeX wasn't able to connect to the internet and install the LaTeX-packages
needed by LyX. But as I told, MiKTeX 2.4 is outdated, MiKTeX 2.6 is the one you should use. (MiKTeX
2.5 also works for the case someoneone has this installed)
regards Uwe
