Re: LyX Win7 package install fails because Miktex install fails.
Hi, On 4 August 2016 at 01:46, Mark Kortink wrote: > http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/97296/lyx-miktex- > installation-problems-on-windows-7 I've also come across this problem 2 years ago and I've reported it to this list, which can be seen in this archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users%40lists.lyx.org/msg98230.html However, that didn't get much attention and someone (that you could read the name easily in the archive) refuted me saying that this is LyX mailing-list, not MikTeX mailing-list! Seems like someone had a bad day in his private life and use this mailing-list to vent his bad mood! Some food for thoughts: use Vista compatibility mode for the setup. Good luck
Re: LyX Win7 package install fails because Miktex install fails.
Thanks Richard On each reinstall I deleted all residual directories. BUT I have solved the problem. After uninstall I searched the registry for references to LyX and Miktex and found a few. I couldn't delete them, I think because I am on a work computer and everything is locked down. I did notice references to Miketx 2.9 and also to mpm.exe, the package manger. So I decided to reinstall the LyX package and change the directory name for Miktex from ../Miktex 2.9 to ../Miktex ignoring the note from the Lyx installer not to change any Miktex defaults. This worked. There is an article on this problem at http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/97296/lyx-miktex-installation-problems-on-windows-7 Regards On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 6:23 AM, Richard Heck wrote: > On 08/02/2016 09:30 PM, Mark Kortink wrote: > > Hi. I had LyX 2.2.0 (LyX-220-Bundle-3) running on a brand new Win 7 laptop > but for various reasons to do with not being able to generate pdfs and > missing .sty files I decided to uninstall and reinstall. > > > > The 2.2.0 reinstallation then failed on several attempts, so I tried > uninstalling that and installing 2.1.4 (LyX-2.1.4-Bundle-1) downloaded from > LyX.org. Same problem. What happens is > > 1) LyX seems to be installing fine, gets to the point where it says to > install Miktex, that seems to be installing fine as well. > > 2) The MikTex install seems to almost run to the end then fails with > “The operation failed for some reason” message. > > 3) Clicking OK there is an Miktex install failed message. > > 4) Clicking OK there is a “No LaTeX distribution could be found” > message . > > 5) LyX tries to abort but hangs when it tries to delete the main LyX > directory. > > > The error log which I assume is recording what happened at step 2 above > says:- > > 2016-08-03 11:12:28,372+1000 INFO initexmf - starting: MiKTeX > Configuration Utility 2.9.5900 (MiKTeX 2.9) > > 2016-08-03 11:12:28,388+1000 INFO initexmf - Removing fndb > (C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9)... > > 2016-08-03 11:12:28,388+1000 FATAL initexmf - Windows API error 32: The > process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. > > 2016-08-03 11:12:28,388+1000 FATAL initexmf - Info: > path="C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9\miktex/data/le\1756f6ade37d5f870f23c05a7f81e257.fndb" > > 2016-08-03 11:12:28,388+1000 FATAL initexmf - Source: > Libraries\MiKTeX\Core\File\win\winFile.cpp > > 2016-08-03 11:12:28,388+1000 FATAL initexmf - Line: 286 > > > This is a "clean" install in the sense I have done unistalls and > reinstalls of the package and haven't fiddled with anything. I do not know > what process might be locking a needed file. > > > I am not on Windows, so I doubt I can be very helpful. But one thing you > might try is manually deleting the directory C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9\. > It's possible there is a some file in there that is somehow locked. > > Richard > >
Re: LyX Win7 package install fails because Miktex install fails.
On 08/02/2016 09:30 PM, Mark Kortink wrote: > > Hi. I had LyX 2.2.0 (LyX-220-Bundle-3) running on a brand new Win 7 > laptop but for various reasons to do with not being able to generate > pdfs and missing .sty files I decided to uninstall and reinstall. > > > > The 2.2.0 reinstallation then failed on several attempts, so I tried > uninstalling that and installing 2.1.4 (LyX-2.1.4-Bundle-1) downloaded > from LyX.org. Same problem. What happens is > > 1) LyX seems to be installing fine, gets to the point where it says > to install Miktex, that seems to be installing fine as well. > > 2) The MikTex install seems to almost run to the end then fails with > “The operation failed for some reason” message. > > 3) Clicking OK there is an Miktex install failed message. > > 4) Clicking OK there is a “No LaTeX distribution could be found” > message . > > 5) LyX tries to abort but hangs when it tries to delete the main LyX > directory. > > > The error log which I assume is recording what happened at step 2 > above says:- > > 2016-08-03 11:12:28,372+1000 INFO initexmf - starting: MiKTeX > Configuration Utility 2.9.5900 (MiKTeX 2.9) > > 2016-08-03 11:12:28,388+1000 INFO initexmf - Removing fndb > (C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9)... > > 2016-08-03 11:12:28,388+1000 FATAL initexmf - Windows API error 32: > The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another > process. > > 2016-08-03 11:12:28,388+1000 FATAL initexmf - Info: > path="C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9\miktex/data/le\1756f6ade37d5f870f23c05a7f81e257.fndb" > > 2016-08-03 11:12:28,388+1000 FATAL initexmf - Source: > Libraries\MiKTeX\Core\File\win\winFile.cpp > > 2016-08-03 11:12:28,388+1000 FATAL initexmf - Line: 286 > > > This is a "clean" install in the sense I have done unistalls and > reinstalls of the package and haven't fiddled with anything. I do not > know what process might be locking a needed file. > I am not on Windows, so I doubt I can be very helpful. But one thing you might try is manually deleting the directory C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9\. It's possible there is a some file in there that is somehow locked. Richard
LyX Win7 package install fails because Miktex install fails.
Hi. I had LyX 2.2.0 (LyX-220-Bundle-3) running on a brand new Win 7 laptop but for various reasons to do with not being able to generate pdfs and missing .sty files I decided to uninstall and reinstall. The 2.2.0 reinstallation then failed on several attempts, so I tried uninstalling that and installing 2.1.4 (LyX-2.1.4-Bundle-1) downloaded from LyX.org. Same problem. What happens is 1) LyX seems to be installing fine, gets to the point where it says to install Miktex, that seems to be installing fine as well. 2) The MikTex install seems to almost run to the end then fails with “The operation failed for some reason” message. 3) Clicking OK there is an Miktex install failed message. 4) Clicking OK there is a “No LaTeX distribution could be found” message . 5) LyX tries to abort but hangs when it tries to delete the main LyX directory. The error log which I assume is recording what happened at step 2 above says:- 2016-08-03 11:12:28,372+1000 INFO initexmf - starting: MiKTeX Configuration Utility 2.9.5900 (MiKTeX 2.9) 2016-08-03 11:12:28,388+1000 INFO initexmf - Removing fndb (C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9)... 2016-08-03 11:12:28,388+1000 FATAL initexmf - Windows API error 32: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. 2016-08-03 11:12:28,388+1000 FATAL initexmf - Info: path="C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9\miktex/data/le\1756f6ade37d5f870f23c05a7f81e257.fndb" 2016-08-03 11:12:28,388+1000 FATAL initexmf - Source: Libraries\MiKTeX\Core\File\win\winFile.cpp 2016-08-03 11:12:28,388+1000 FATAL initexmf - Line: 286 This is a "clean" install in the sense I have done unistalls and reinstalls of the package and haven't fiddled with anything. I do not know what process might be locking a needed file. Regards Mark Kortink
