----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 12:07 AM
Subject: Re: LyX 1.3.7pre5 some more progress in diagnosis
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 9:09 PM
Subject: LyX 1.3.7pre5 some progress in diagnosis
In summary I have one test machine in which LyX1.3.7_pre5 installs OK, but
it doesn't install on my newer machine and
they are fairly similar, both Win XP Pro.
I discovered that if I eliminate both C:\Pythonxx and C:\Msys\1.0\bin
from Windows PATH environment variable from my newer machine
that LyX1.3.7_pre5 will install OK. That is, the final portion of the
install lingers for quite awhile and there is still duplication of paths
in
\path_prefix, but it is no longer necessary to run "sh.exe configure"
to finish the installation.
I added C:\Pythonxx and C:\Msys\1.0\bin to the Windows PATH
of my older test machine in an attempt to disable the installation; trying
to isolate the problem to C:\Pythonxx and C:\Msys\1.0\bin.
(I had previously removed all LyX programs from the PATH).
But LyX1.3.7_pre5 still installed although it has the \path_prefix dupes.
The test machine has a slower cpu, about 1gig, or half of my newer one.
Addendum: I find that C:\Msys\1.0\bin or C:\texmf\miktex\bin
or C:\Python23 will work individually; but combinations like
Msys and Python, Msys and texmf, or Python and texmf, will
fail to run the configure script, requiring sh.exe configure.
I have installed to C:\LyX
Regards,
Stephen
