Re: MSI-file for installation

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 29.09.2016 um 09:54 schrieb Nicklas Devel:


Which .exe exactly are you using? (please provide the URL).
We are trying the bundle:
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/2.2.1/LyX-221-Bundle-2.exe
It is difficult for us to distribute the .exe-file with (MS SCCM) because we 
don't have the opportunity to set parameters on the installation because we 
want to install the software /S (silent).


The installer provides the option to run it silently, e.g. execute

LyX-221-Bundle-2.exe /S

I once built in this feature for a university because they wanted to 
have silent installations. I admit that I did not test the feature for a 
while now.


I quick test here shows that silent installation installs LyX, but now 
if the user has already another version of LyX installed.


However, i am glad that it eventually worked for you.

regards Uwe

Re: MSI-file for installation

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Tue, Oct 04, 2016 at 08:20:23AM -0400, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 04, 2016 at 06:15:57AM +, Nicklas Devel wrote:
> > Hi Scott
> > 
> > Again thanks for the quick answer.
> > 
> > It worked for us to use this thread:
> > https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=20140218011606.A8323280184%40lyx.lyx.org
> 
> That's great it worked!
> 
> What specifically did you do? It would be nice to have this information
> easily available for the next person who asks.

For reference, these are the commands that worked for them:

%~dp0basic-miktex-2.9.6069.exe --package-set=basic --shared --unattended
%~dp0LyX-221-Installer-2.exe /S
xcopy /Y "%~dp0preferences" "c:\users\eks01\appData\roaming\LyX2.2\"

Scott


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Re: MSI-file for installation

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Tue, Oct 04, 2016 at 06:15:57AM +, Nicklas Devel wrote:
> Hi Scott
> 
> Again thanks for the quick answer.
> 
> It worked for us to use this thread:
> https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=20140218011606.A8323280184%40lyx.lyx.org

That's great it worked!

What specifically did you do? It would be nice to have this information
easily available for the next person who asks.

Scott Kostyshak
Assistant Professor of Economics
University of Florida
PO Box 117140
Gainesville, Florida 32611-7140


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RE: MSI-file for installation

[Nicklas Devel]

Hi Scott

Again thanks for the quick answer.

It worked for us to use this thread:
https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=20140218011606.A8323280184%40lyx.lyx.org

So we don't need an msi-file.

Best regards 
Nicklas

Nicklas Devel
General Manager

University of Copenhagen
University IT
Peter Bangs Vej 36
2000 Frederiksberg

TEL +45 35 32 38 18
DIR +45 35 32 24 23
n...@adm.ku.dk
www.pc-exam.ku.dk


-Original Message-
From: Scott Kostyshak [mailto:skost...@lyx.org] 
Sent: 29. september 2016 16:00
To: Nicklas Devel 
Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org; Uwe Stöhr ; Andreas Frydendahl 
Kleissl 
Subject: Re: MSI-file for installation

On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 07:54:43AM +, Nicklas Devel wrote:
> Hi Scott
> 
> Thanks for a quick answer.
> 
> Which .exe exactly are you using? (please provide the URL).
> We are trying the bundle:
> ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/2.2.1/LyX-221-Bundle-2.exe
> It is difficult for us to distribute the .exe-file with (MS SCCM) because we 
> don't have the opportunity to set parameters on the installation because we 
> want to install the software /S (silent).

Ah I understand. Thank you for explaining this.

You might be interested in the following conversations, which have to do with 
installing silently on Windows:
https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=52F51626.4060703%40embl-heidelberg.de
in particular the link within:
https://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg181907.html

After reading it might be useful to get in touch with Øyvind and Frank to see 
how they solved their problems.

This shows a commit that is relevant to our Windows installer working in silent 
mode:
https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=20140218011606.A8323280184%40lyx.lyx.org

> Have you tried both the "bundle" and the plain "installer"? Have you tried 
> both installers for both LyX 2.1.5 and 2.2.1? Are you installing under 
> administrator? What *exactly* do you mean by "we have some problems"?
> What is the first problem you come across? If it is an error, please specify 
> the exact error message.
> 
> The installer itself works perfect, so no problems there, it is "just" not 
> possible for us to easily distribute the .exe file to the many clients 
> automatic together with our many other "exam-packages" witch is installed 
> with Microsoft SCCM Multicast.

I see.

> And thanks for the very nice answer from you Scott - I'm looking forward to 
> hearing from you soon.

Actually I won't be of much direct help to you (I've only used Ubuntu for the 
last 10 years). But Uwe will respond when he has time (note that he is quite 
busy though now).

I hope we get this figured out soon!

Scott

Re: MSI-file for installation

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 07:54:43AM +, Nicklas Devel wrote:
> Hi Scott
> 
> Thanks for a quick answer.
> 
> Which .exe exactly are you using? (please provide the URL).
> We are trying the bundle:
> ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/2.2.1/LyX-221-Bundle-2.exe
> It is difficult for us to distribute the .exe-file with (MS SCCM) because we 
> don't have the opportunity to set parameters on the installation because we 
> want to install the software /S (silent).

Ah I understand. Thank you for explaining this.

You might be interested in the following conversations, which have to do
with installing silently on Windows:
https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=52F51626.4060703%40embl-heidelberg.de
in particular the link within:
https://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg181907.html

After reading it might be useful to get in touch with Øyvind and Frank
to see how they solved their problems.

This shows a commit that is relevant to our Windows installer working in
silent mode:
https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=20140218011606.A8323280184%40lyx.lyx.org

> Have you tried both the "bundle" and the plain "installer"? Have you tried 
> both installers for both LyX 2.1.5 and 2.2.1? Are you installing under 
> administrator? What *exactly* do you mean by "we have some problems"?
> What is the first problem you come across? If it is an error, please specify 
> the exact error message.
> 
> The installer itself works perfect, so no problems there, it is "just" not 
> possible for us to easily distribute the .exe file to the many clients 
> automatic together with our many other "exam-packages" witch is installed 
> with Microsoft SCCM Multicast.

I see.

> And thanks for the very nice answer from you Scott - I'm looking forward to 
> hearing from you soon.

Actually I won't be of much direct help to you (I've only used Ubuntu
for the last 10 years). But Uwe will respond when he has time (note that
he is quite busy though now).

I hope we get this figured out soon!

Scott


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RE: MSI-file for installation

[Nicklas Devel]

Hi Scott

Thanks for a quick answer.

Which .exe exactly are you using? (please provide the URL).
We are trying the bundle:
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/2.2.1/LyX-221-Bundle-2.exe
It is difficult for us to distribute the .exe-file with (MS SCCM) because we 
don't have the opportunity to set parameters on the installation because we 
want to install the software /S (silent).

Have you tried both the "bundle" and the plain "installer"? Have you tried both 
installers for both LyX 2.1.5 and 2.2.1? Are you installing under 
administrator? What *exactly* do you mean by "we have some problems"?
What is the first problem you come across? If it is an error, please specify 
the exact error message.

The installer itself works perfect, so no problems there, it is "just" not 
possible for us to easily distribute the .exe file to the many clients 
automatic together with our many other "exam-packages" witch is installed with 
Microsoft SCCM Multicast.

And thanks for the very nice answer from you Scott - I'm looking forward to 
hearing from you soon.

Kind regards
Nicklas

Nicklas Devel
General Manager

University of Copenhagen
University IT
Peter Bangs Vej 36
2000 Frederiksberg

TEL +45 35 32 38 18
DIR +45 35 32 24 23
n...@adm.ku.dk
www.pc-exam.ku.dk


  

 



-Original Message-
From: Scott Kostyshak [mailto:skost...@lyx.org] 
Sent: 28. september 2016 16:17
To: Nicklas Devel 
Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org; Uwe Stöhr 
Subject: Re: MSI-file for installation

On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 08:17:07AM +, Nicklas Devel wrote:
> Hi LYX
> 
> We are trying to install LYX on our 500 exam pc's at University of Copenhagen.
> 
> Is there an .msi file for the installation?
> 
> We have some problems with install the .exe file.
> 
> Our PC's is windows 7 32-bit.
> 
> I'm looking forward to hearing from you.
> 
> Kind regards
> Nicklas

Dear Nicklas,

To quickly answer your question, I don't believe we have a .msi file for 
installation.

I'm sorry you have not received a response yet. Unfortunately most LyX 
developers use Linux so it is difficult for us to help. I will add Uwe to the 
CC of this email, who is the Windows expert and the developer of our Windows 
installer. Please respond to this email and make sure both Uwe and the mailing 
list are either in the "To:" or "CC:" of the email.
And then add the following information:

Which .exe exactly are you using? (please provide the URL). Have you tried both 
the "bundle" and the plain "installer"? Have you tried both installers for both 
LyX 2.1.5 and 2.2.1? Are you installing under administrator? What *exactly* do 
you mean by "we have some problems"?
What is the first problem you come across? If it is an error, please specify 
the exact error message.

Uwe is quite busy these days, but if he has time he will be interested in 
helping you.

Sorry for the frustration. We would be interested in improving our installer so 
that it works for you.

Best,

Scott

Re: MSI-file for installation

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 08:17:07AM +, Nicklas Devel wrote:
> Hi LYX
> 
> We are trying to install LYX on our 500 exam pc's at University of Copenhagen.
> 
> Is there an .msi file for the installation?
> 
> We have some problems with install the .exe file.
> 
> Our PC's is windows 7 32-bit.
> 
> I'm looking forward to hearing from you.
> 
> Kind regards
> Nicklas

Dear Nicklas,

To quickly answer your question, I don't believe we have a .msi file for
installation.

I'm sorry you have not received a response yet. Unfortunately most LyX
developers use Linux so it is difficult for us to help. I will add Uwe
to the CC of this email, who is the Windows expert and the developer of
our Windows installer. Please respond to this email and make sure both
Uwe and the mailing list are either in the "To:" or "CC:" of the email.
And then add the following information:

Which .exe exactly are you using? (please provide the URL). Have you
tried both the "bundle" and the plain "installer"? Have you tried both
installers for both LyX 2.1.5 and 2.2.1? Are you installing under
administrator? What *exactly* do you mean by "we have some problems"?
What is the first problem you come across? If it is an error, please
specify the exact error message.

Uwe is quite busy these days, but if he has time he will be interested
in helping you.

Sorry for the frustration. We would be interested in improving our
installer so that it works for you.

Best,

Scott


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MSI-file for installation

[Nicklas Devel]

Hi LYX

We are trying to install LYX on our 500 exam pc's at University of Copenhagen.

Is there an .msi file for the installation?

We have some problems with install the .exe file.

Our PC's is windows 7 32-bit.

I'm looking forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards
Nicklas


Nicklas Devel
General Manager

University of Copenhagen
University IT
Peter Bangs Vej 36
2000 Frederiksberg

TEL +45 35 32 38 18
DIR +45 35 32 24 23
n...@adm.ku.dk
www.pc-exam.ku.dk


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