Thanks Uwe. This is with both the normal (large) and alternative installers. The normal small that downloads didn't work as it couldn't connect to the server(?).
I'm wondering now if that might just be the final message. The [NEXT] button becomes active but after that Lyx outputs a message saying the MiKTeX setup wizard was not completed. I had assumed it was a MiKTex install issue but I've now run the MikTex install by itself, followed by the Lyx install and it all seems ok. I guess I was just expecting some more positive confirmation that the MikTex install had completed successfully than the enabling of the [NEXT] button. And that was compounded by Lyx complaining. There's maybe something here that needs looking at? i ------ Original Message ------ Received: 04:48 PM COT, 04/11/2009 From: Uwe Stöhr <uwesto...@web.de> To: "Ian S. Worthington" <ianworthing...@usa.net>Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: Re: Lyx install fails in MiKTex install > Ian S. Worthington schrieb: > > > I'm having problems installing it on my Windows XP system though. The Lyx > > install spawns the MikTex install which runs fine, albeit slowly, up until: > > > > fndbmpm: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application > > Data\MiKTeX\2.7\miktex\config\5c9c2effd97adbeacc8bf220bf73149c.fnd > > > > at which point it just stops. > > What installer have you used? > This is nevertheless most probably a problem with a MiKTeX server. I would try to uninstall LyX > completely, then also uninstall MiKTeX (the part that is already installed). Then install MiKTeX > manually using the basic MiKTeX installer you find at miktex.org. Finally reinstall LyX using the > complete version of the alternative installer. > > I hope this way it works. > > (The MiKTeX server is refreshed every week so at least it should work after easter.) > > regards Uwe >