On 7 March 2014 05:10, aparsloe <apars...@clear.net.nz> wrote: > > I've never tried installing the LyX bundle. I've always installed MiKTeX > first and then LyX -- and without problems. Recently I installed the 64-bit > version of MiKTeX 2.9 on a new(ish) 64-bit Windows 7 computer without > problems,
OK, with all fairness, I have just tried the 64bit installer many times and at one time it passed! So your *good* experience is a fluke, you lucky guy :) In another instance, ie in another Win7 64bit, I tried to define its compatibility to Vista and it worked. That means the setup has not been modified since prehistory (I mean 2006, more than 8 years ago)?? > but discovered that biber was missing from that distro -- evidently the > 64-bit distro is still "experimental" -- so I went back to the 32-bit > MiKTeX 2.9 (the Basic distribution of 160 MB or so, and then added the > packages detailed under LaTeX Configuration in LyX's Help menu). It too > installed without problems. > > As for MiKTeX being a " big piece of $h!t", I haven't had problems with it > (and it certainly doesn't give me the kind of conflict between package > managers mentioned in a recent thread on this list that users of TeXLive on > Ubuntu systems face). > > Andrew All this would lead to the only valid conclusion: MiKTeX and its setup are too *unstable*. I would certainly avoid using it if there's alternative LaTeX distribution.
