On 31/08/2018 00:52, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
Windows installers for 2.3.1 are at
http://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.3/. Please let me know if you
have any problems. But I know there are some weird issues with MiKTeX
right now, and I've seen signs of that in my own testing.
Riki
Here are a couple of warnings from the log while installing ("for
everyone on the computer"). But they have been there in the last
versions, I think.
[...]
Configuring LyX (MiKTeX may download missing packages, this can take
some time) ...
Operating on the shared (system-wide) MiKTeX setup
downloading
https://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/miktex-zzdb2-2.9.tar.lzma...
1026237 bytes, 2438.41 KB/Sec
updating package definition directory ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX
2.9\tpm\packages")...
installed 3048 package definition files
visiting repository
https://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/...
repository type: remote package repository
loading lightweight database...
downloading
https://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/miktex-zzdb1-2.9.tar.lzma...
180468 bytes, 2517.69 KB/Sec
Operating on the shared (system-wide) MiKTeX setup
Sorry, but "MiKTeX Package Manager" did not succeed.
The log file hopefully contains the information to get MiKTeX going again:
C:/ProgramData/MiKTeX/2.9/miktex/log/mpmcli_admin.log
You may want to visit the MiKTeX project page, if you need help.
Configuring LyX (MiKTeX may download missing packages, this can take
some time) ...
checking for DVI to DTL converter...
+checking for "dv2dt"... no
checking for a Latex2e program...
+checking for "latex"... yes
checking for a DVI postprocessing program...
+checking for "pplatex"... no
checking for pLaTeX, the Japanese LaTeX...
+checking for "platex"... no
latex: warning: running with administrator privileges
initexmf: warning: Option --admin should be specified when running this
program with administrative privileges
initexmf: warning: Option --admin should be specified when running this
program with administrative privileges
