On 7 March 2014 16:25, Stephan Witt <st.w...@gmx.net> wrote: > Am 07.03.2014 um 16:12 schrieb STF <lapsap7+...@gmail.com>: > > > On 7 March 2014 05:10, aparsloe <apars...@clear.net.nz> wrote: > > > > I've never tried installing the LyX bundle. I've always installed MiKTeX > first and then LyX -- and without problems. Recently I installed the 64-bit > version of MiKTeX 2.9 on a new(ish) 64-bit Windows 7 computer without > problems, [...deleted] > > > > Oh, for information: I have just tried basic-miktex-2.9.5105-x64.exe in > XP Pro 64-bit. Guess what. It crashed on first trial. LOL > > Oh, for information: this is the LyX users list. And not the MiKTeX users > list… >
Oh, for information, my answer was a reply to a previous mail. If you have anything against MiKTeX, you should have answered to that mail, not mine. And oh, for information, my answer is very useful to *LyX* users because it tells them that installing *LyX* in XP Pro 64-bit could potentially fail if they are using the bundle. But probably you're more concentrated on kicking off apparent non-LyX discussion than thinking further its implication. On 8 March 2014 18:22, Uwe Stöhr <uwesto...@web.de> wrote: > Am 06.03.2014 21:39, schrieb STF: > > > The error I got are shown in the attached image: >> > > So there is either a packaing error in MiKTeX or a problem wit your > Internet connection. > No, that's 100% impossible. Why? Because as I said (well, I think I have said) I'm using the SAME 32-bit setup everywhere. When I say the *same*, I mean I have one single setup file in my hard drive and I copy from it again and again to do tests. And what results did I get? In 64-bit O/S, the setup would crash. But in 32-bit O/S, it would work. So the setup cannot be corrupted (or it would have failed in 32-bit O/S) and I have no Internet connection problem. Can you therefore please try this: > 1. uninstall LyX _completely_ > 2. uninstall MiKTeX _completely_ > 3. check the registry that there are no traces of MiKTeX (and maybe LyX) > and delte the traces > 4. download the 32bit version of MikTeX from here: > http://download.heise.de/software/db66db9c69d45180fb6dd453a9dcfa > 7d/531b50c9/111255/basic-miktex-2.9.5105.exe > I didn't follow these steps of your because I'm pretty convinced they are not useful in my case. I have just done two hashings on the basic-miktex-2.9.5105.exe. If you can, you could check with me: MD5: AEC100C7920A001679B8217A3D862B19 SHA-1: 8A0797F1 19D796FF 80ADFAB9 9945E76E 6883609F > and install MiKTeX while you are logged in on Windows with Admin privileges > If you're suggesting it's an admin privilege problem, I'm 100% it's not. Nothing to do with it. I could have disable UAC which wouldn't change anything at all. > 5. install LyX using this installer: > http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/lyxwininstaller/ > LyXWinInstaller/2.0.7/LyX-207-Installer-2.exe > > Does this work? if not what error do you get? > If I use LyX *installer*, of course it would work *provided* that MiKTeX could be installed. So step 5 is not quite relevant. > I see that www.miktex.org is completely dead and that might be the reason > why the installation of MiKTeX fails. > (Note that the 64bit version of MiKteX is supported by LyX but you will > have restriction for citations (BibTeX) and thee is no large speed > improvement between the 32bit and 64bit version.) > I knew that. But between "trying 32-bit setup and fail" and "trying 64-bit setup with a little chance of success", do we (64-bit O/S users) have any choice? On 12 March 2014 23:51, Uwe Stöhr <uwesto...@web.de> wrote: > Indeed that was the problem. MiKTeX is onlyine again for some days now, so > please uninstal LyX _Completely_ (also MikTeX) and then reinstall LyX using > the latest installer: > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/lyxwininstaller/files/LyXWinInstaller/2.0.7/LyX-207-Bundle-3.exe/download > Unfortunately, either bundle 1, 2 or 3, they all failed because MiKTeX setup failed (I'm testing in VM this time). As I said earlier, 64-bit O/S users should be warned to use *installer* instead of *bundle*.
