Dr Eberhard W Lisse <el <at> lisse.na> writes: > > Did I read somewhere once that one can have a local MikTeX server > (some form of a mirror) so that can be done under controlled condition > and then the local user(s) pull off of that one? >
Apologies if I'm answering a question you are not asking; I jumped into this thread a bit late. You can point MiKTeX's package manager at any "repository", which can be one downloaded to a local or networked drive. The repository is not a server (in the sense that no software daemon runs); it's just a directory (and 10^100 subdirectories). If you have multiple users, this might be useful. For a single user, I don't see how it is any better than having a complete MiKTeX user installation (complete = contains all possible packages). FWIW, I have MiKTeX set to "ask first" when it encounters new software packages. When I install a new LyX version, it looks for a variety of packages, many of which I will not use in this lifetime (nor the next). I don't plan to draw chess diagrams, write music, or explore the wonders of Chinese/Japanese/Korean languages any time soon. So when the LyX installer goes looking for those classes or styles, MiKTeX asks me for permission to download them and I say no. For things I think I might need, I say yes. The installation process is then relatively painless. The "no" decisions can always be revisited (use the package manager to install a missing package, then reconfigure LyX). Paul
