By several days the Paul Johnson problem is also my problem and I do not find a solution. I reinstalled MiKTeX many times, but MiKTeX Package, and MiKTeX Update do not work (they do not find any package repository).
[image: Immagine incorporata 1] The two alternatives that have remained are: 1) uninstall MiKTeX, uninstall and reinstall LyX2.2.2 bundle version (LyX- 222-Bundle-2.exe) hoping for a successful installation of MiKTeX too; 2) setting LyX to TeXLive and forget MiKTeX. Tips for other less drastic solutions already tested? (My system: LyX2.2.2 with MiKTeX2.9 on Windows 10) Roberto 2016-10-29 8:35 GMT+02:00 CarLaTeX <carlatex...@gmail.com>: > > 2016-10-29 8:09 GMT+02:00 Paul Johnson <pauljoh...@gmail.com>: > >> I wonder if Windows users see this problem in MikTeX regularly. I'm a >> Linux user, but I try to help the Windows students around here. >> >> I've done several LyX installs in Windows systems while preparing for >> a workshop this week. I think the LyX-2.2.2 installation of MikTeX >> has some improvements. It pulls in quite a few more packages when it >> first starts. >> >> Even though the LyX bundle installer works OK, I'm frustrated with >> MikTeX. Today, I experience the problem that my MikTeX can't install >> new packages on any of these systems. Others have described it >> http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/251242/unable-to-conn >> ect-to-repository-in-miktex-2-9. >> >> MikTeX cannot retrieve the list of repositories from the central >> MikTeX server. Even if the package-server I want to use is online, >> the MikTeX routine fails. This has me angry enough now to use TexLive >> instead. >> >> TexLive is a big download, but it seems to come with all of the >> packages, no problem. It does not have the on-the-fly install, but >> maybe I don't care. >> >> I don't want to remove MikTex yet, I don't think I should have to. >> >> I had a little trouble getting LyX to use TexLive, however. I thought >> it should be sufficient to put the TexLive bin\win32 folder in the >> path ahead of MikTex\bin, but that was not sufficient. >> >> In LyX itself, the preferences have a path variable in which I must >> delete MikTeX and replace it with TeXLive. >> >> This seems to work within my user account. >> >> I'd like to make this change in LyX on a system-wide basis, so that >> all new users who try LyX will get TeXLive. Know what I mean? >> >> Before I tell students who maintain their own PCs, I wonder if there >> are problems ahead. Do you have some ideas? >> >> -- >> Paul E. Johnson http://pj.freefaculty.org >> Director, Center for Research Methods and Data Analysis >> http://crmda.ku.edu >> >> To write to me directly, please address me at pauljohn at ku.edu. >> > > I'm using LyX (various version, now 2.2.2) with MiKTeX (2.9) on Windows > (10) since April 2015 with no problems. > Today the site is down but you should only have to wait few hours. > Bye! > > Carla >
