On Apr 12, 2015 6:06 AM, "Brenton Horne" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I sent this message to MediaWiki-l but as I am yet to receive a reply despite sending it about a day ago I have decided to forward it here. > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: Math extension, errors that may be Windows-related > Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 14:42:43 +1000 > From: Brenton Horne <[email protected]> > To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list < [email protected]> > > > > Hi, > > I have a local Wiki that I have been trying to install the Math extension on. In LocalSettings.php I have the following lines for the extension: >> >> require_once("extensions/Math/math.php"); >> >> $wgUseTeX = true; >> $wgTexvc = "/extensions/Math/math/texvc.exe"; > > texvc was installed via following instructions here [1 < https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Texvc#Windows>]. I have a texvc.exe file in the directory extensions/Math/math/ created via following these instructions. I also have LaTeX installed on my PC via MiKTeX, currently my path variable points to C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\miktex\bin\x64 (where latex.exe and dvipng.exe files exist). Despite this inserting an equation via <math></math> into a Wiki page gives the error: >> >> *Failed to parse (Missing <code>texvc</code> executable. Please see math/README to configure.):* > > > Thanks for your time, > Brenton > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Try making $wgTexvc be the full path (e.g. starting with c:\). In any case if its relative it shouldnt start with a leading /. --bawolff _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
