Hi I use Linux, but I tell my students who use windows to give LyX a try. We had pretty good success with LyX-1.6.x, but the students say they can't get 2.0 to work. I ignored them at first. I decided to prove that it works by filming a Screencast. I created a Windows 7 32 bit virtual machine and have tried to install lyx 2.0.0-3 in there. I've tried both the LyX bundle and just Lyx with the net installer for Miktex. Neither one works for me.
>From the Bundle, "lYX-2.0.0-3-Installer-Bundle.exe", the LyX install works fine. That seems backwards to me, LyX should install itself only after MikTeX works, nevertheless, it does trigger a MikTeX install after LyX. At the outset, I chose to set my papersize at letter and to allow on-the-fly package installation. , it copies some files and then dies. A pop up window appears: "MikTeX Setup Wizard: The operation could not be completed for the follwing reason: Windows API error 2: The system cannot find the file specified. Details: C:\Program Files\MikTeX 2.9\tpm\packages\babel.tpm" And then this pops up after: MikTeX Setup Wizard: A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available. It is rather annoying that one cannot try to run the Lyx-Installer-Bundle again in order to pick up where it died without doing a complete re-install of LyX itself. WHen I try the nonbundle installer, the one that triggers a net install of MikTeX, I see the error popup "Downloading MikTeX failed. Would you like to try again? (HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found) I've gone to the MikTeX site and grabbed a copy of their installer. I notice that when I run that, it forces me to choose a Mirror. It is not clear to me why the LyX installer does not cause me to do the same. -- Paul E. Johnson Professor, Political Science 1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504 University of Kansas