Marty Levine schrieb:
LyX 1.56.4.1 fails to downlaod the MikTex package. Is there any work around short of installing MikTex manually first?
Yes. To assure that you have a clean installation do 1. uninstall the existing LyX _completely_ 2. Check that no parts of MiKTeX are already installed, if so uninstall them 3. Install the basic version of MiKTeX 2.8: http://miktex.org/2.8/setup 4. Open an Internet connection 5. reinstall LyX using the small variant of the alternative LyX for Windows installer: https://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5117&release_id=16904 (http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller) regards Uwe