Re: Error installing inside Windows 7 64-bit

[STF]

I saw that LyX 2.1.2 was released. I have tried the bundle setup in a
64-bit O/S but unfortunately, it still crashes just like before (cf my mail
below).

On 6 March 2014 21:39, STF lapsap7+...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi,

 I came across error while trying to install LyX 2.0.7 in Windows 7 64-bit
 (actually I have tried in many computers with the same error).  I'm using
 the setup called LyX-2.0.7-Bundle-1.exe downloaded from LyX official
 website.  As to Windows, to be exact, I have tried Windows 7 Professional 
 Enterprise SP1 64-bit but I don't think the *editions* and *SP1* parts are
 relevant.  I think the problem would still happen in other 64-bit Windows
 O/S, eg XP, Vista, etc.

 The error I got are shown in the attached image: the upper dialog appeared
 first.  But almost immediately, it's grayed out and the lower dialog
 appeared and LyX installation simply was aborted and failed.  LyX setup
 then tried to roll back but it got stuck on Remove folder: C:\Program
 Files (x86)\LyX 2.0\ and I had to press the Cancel button.

 I went a bit further and described here below:

 I took basic-miktex-2.9.5105.exe and run it in another Windows 7 64-bit
 and it still crashed! I then downloaded basic-miktex-2.9.5105-x64.exe from
 MiKTeX official website and tried it but that crashed as well!  Seems like
 MiKTeX setup has very serious problem installing in 64bit O/S!

 (Off-topic 1: Maybe it's some known bug like
 http://sourceforge.net/p/miktex/bugs/2208/?)
 (Off-topic 2: I have heard from some other friends of mine that MiKTeX is
 actually a big piece of $h!t and their developers, being very arrogant,
 didn't care about their installer not working in 64-bit O/S and I quite
 agree with them after finding a lot of mails in their mailing-list which
 are never answered!)

 But I found out that if I run basic-miktex-2.9.5105.exe the second time
 with the option Reinstall using recommended settings (which is *only*
 available when the setup is run outside LyX) after deleting C:\Program
 Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9 folder, the installation went through the end!

 Then at this point, if I used LyX-2.0.7-Installer-1.exe instead, it's
 fine.  So, it might be nice to warn 64 bit O/S users to download the
 LyX-2.0.7-Installer-1.exe on the download page and give them a little bit
 help on installing MiKTeX.

 Hope this helps.

Re: Error installing inside Windows 7 64-bit

[STF]

I saw that LyX 2.1.2 was released. I have tried the bundle setup in a
64-bit O/S but unfortunately, it still crashes just like before (cf my mail
below).

On 6 March 2014 21:39, STF lapsap7+...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi,

 I came across error while trying to install LyX 2.0.7 in Windows 7 64-bit
 (actually I have tried in many computers with the same error).  I'm using
 the setup called LyX-2.0.7-Bundle-1.exe downloaded from LyX official
 website.  As to Windows, to be exact, I have tried Windows 7 Professional 
 Enterprise SP1 64-bit but I don't think the *editions* and *SP1* parts are
 relevant.  I think the problem would still happen in other 64-bit Windows
 O/S, eg XP, Vista, etc.

 The error I got are shown in the attached image: the upper dialog appeared
 first.  But almost immediately, it's grayed out and the lower dialog
 appeared and LyX installation simply was aborted and failed.  LyX setup
 then tried to roll back but it got stuck on Remove folder: C:\Program
 Files (x86)\LyX 2.0\ and I had to press the Cancel button.

 I went a bit further and described here below:

 I took basic-miktex-2.9.5105.exe and run it in another Windows 7 64-bit
 and it still crashed! I then downloaded basic-miktex-2.9.5105-x64.exe from
 MiKTeX official website and tried it but that crashed as well!  Seems like
 MiKTeX setup has very serious problem installing in 64bit O/S!

 (Off-topic 1: Maybe it's some known bug like
 http://sourceforge.net/p/miktex/bugs/2208/?)
 (Off-topic 2: I have heard from some other friends of mine that MiKTeX is
 actually a big piece of $h!t and their developers, being very arrogant,
 didn't care about their installer not working in 64-bit O/S and I quite
 agree with them after finding a lot of mails in their mailing-list which
 are never answered!)

 But I found out that if I run basic-miktex-2.9.5105.exe the second time
 with the option Reinstall using recommended settings (which is *only*
 available when the setup is run outside LyX) after deleting C:\Program
 Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9 folder, the installation went through the end!

 Then at this point, if I used LyX-2.0.7-Installer-1.exe instead, it's
 fine.  So, it might be nice to warn 64 bit O/S users to download the
 LyX-2.0.7-Installer-1.exe on the download page and give them a little bit
 help on installing MiKTeX.

 Hope this helps.

Re: Error installing inside Windows 7 64-bit

[STF]

I saw that LyX 2.1.2 was released. I have tried the bundle setup in a
64-bit O/S but unfortunately, it still crashes just like before (cf my mail
below).

On 6 March 2014 21:39, STF  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I came across error while trying to install LyX 2.0.7 in Windows 7 64-bit
> (actually I have tried in many computers with the same error).  I'm using
> the setup called "LyX-2.0.7-Bundle-1.exe" downloaded from LyX official
> website.  As to Windows, to be exact, I have tried Windows 7 Professional &
> Enterprise SP1 64-bit but I don't think the *editions* and *SP1* parts are
> relevant.  I think the problem would still happen in other 64-bit Windows
> O/S, eg XP, Vista, etc.
>
> The error I got are shown in the attached image: the upper dialog appeared
> first.  But almost immediately, it's grayed out and the lower dialog
> appeared and LyX installation simply was aborted and failed.  LyX setup
> then tried to roll back but it got stuck on "Remove folder: C:\Program
> Files (x86)\LyX 2.0\" and I had to press the Cancel button.
>
> I went a bit further and described here below:
>
> I took basic-miktex-2.9.5105.exe and run it in another Windows 7 64-bit
> and it still crashed! I then downloaded basic-miktex-2.9.5105-x64.exe from
> MiKTeX official website and tried it but that crashed as well!  Seems like
> MiKTeX setup has very serious problem installing in 64bit O/S!
>
> (Off-topic 1: Maybe it's some known bug like
> http://sourceforge.net/p/miktex/bugs/2208/?)
> (Off-topic 2: I have heard from some other friends of mine that MiKTeX is
> actually a big piece of $h!t and their developers, being very arrogant,
> didn't care about their installer not working in 64-bit O/S and I quite
> agree with them after finding a lot of mails in their mailing-list which
> are never answered!)
>
> But I found out that if I run basic-miktex-2.9.5105.exe the second time
> with the option "Reinstall using recommended settings" (which is *only*
> available when the setup is run outside LyX) after deleting "C:\Program
> Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9" folder, the installation went through the end!
>
> Then at this point, if I used "LyX-2.0.7-Installer-1.exe" instead, it's
> fine.  So, it might be nice to warn 64 bit O/S users to download the
> "LyX-2.0.7-Installer-1.exe" on the download page and give them a little bit
> help on installing MiKTeX.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>