>>> I just tried to install the newest LyX via the LyXWinInstaller on a new
>>> WinXP Pro box and hit a glitch. Everything went just fine until LyX
>>> opened
>>> the command window to check configuration before opening the program the
>>> first time (the "this may take a while" part). It carried on but stalled
>>> at
>>> checking for document class 'mwrep' for a long, long time. I closed the
>>> window, LyX opened about 10 minutes later (unexpectedly), and I got an
>>> error
>>> message. I closed, reopened, ran Configure, closed, and re-opened, and
>>> all
>>> looks OK. I feel like I should be concerned that something did not
>>> complete
>>> and that I should uninstall and try again.
>
>> Do you have MikTeX set to automatically download missing classes? I
>> think a hang at that point is usually MikTeX trying to download mwrep
>> (or whatever class you're stuck on) and either not getting a 'Net
>> connection or beating on a server that's on a lunch break. IMHO best
>> practice is to switch MikTeX to the skip missing classes option before
>> doing an install or reconfigure.
>
Since it was a fresh install, I had not set anything in the MikTeX interface
itself, but I do think I clicked 'Yes' for the
install-missing-packages-on-the-fly option during the installer. I'm curious
to hear whether Uwe agrees that setting that to No initially is a best
practice. It would be nice if the installer could just time out on sleepy
servers for certain packages, so as not to worry nit-picky users like me.
>> As far as whether you need to be concerned, I don't think so (assuming
>> LyX is behaving itself). If in doubt, you can always set MikTeX as
>> above and reconfigure.
>
So by the time LyX gets to that long scroll window during install, all it's
doing is maintenance and configuration type work, and not critical
installation stuff? In other words, Running configure from within LyX does
the same thing?
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David Hewitt
Research Fishery Biologist
USGS Klamath Falls Field Station (USA)
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