LyX on W2k

[pointertovoid]

Hi nice people, nice to see you again!

I need LaTeX on my W2k, the only free option for Wysiwym edition being LyX.

What recent version fits? In the past I could install v1.5.4, now v1.6.10 and v2.0.3 refuse to install, and with each weighing 35MB to 200MB I won't try them all...

For v2.0.2 I read a strange statement telling "the standard installer won't run on 2k, try the alternative one".

And: can I install on a machine without Internet access? Apparently, even the "bundle" versions need downloaded extensions for the included MikTeX.

Can I install by copy+paste from a machine (Xp or W2k) with Internet access? (Trying soon, but other people's experience serves as well)

Thank you!

[tomasz86]

You can install the newest version.

1. Download and unpack MiKTeX Portable.

2. Download LyX 2.0.3 installer.

3. Run it using KDW (fcwin2k.exe) like this:

4. Here you can link to the existing folder with tex.exe from MiKTeX. You need to input it manually (copy and past folder path).

5. Installation finished:

6. Now the program itself won't run as it seems to be compiled in Visual Studio 2010:

7. After installing UURollup:

Edited June 10, 2012 by tomasz86

[pointertovoid]

Thanks a lot! Sorry for not replying sooner...

KDW is probably the best solution, especially as time passes, but I'm still not converted to it...

Meanwhile I've observed that

1.5.7-1-Installer-Bundle

which is the latest among 1.5, available there

ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.5.7/

installs smoothly on my W2k sp4r1 having Msi 3.1v2

I'll try more recent versions, knowing that 1.6.8 doesn't install.

[tomasz86]

The problem here is not about KDW. I used KDW only to allow the installer to work in Win2k. The problem is about Visual Studio 2010 which was used to compile to the package. You need an unofficial kernel to make the program start. That's why I mentioned UURollup.

If you want to find the last version working on a stock Win2k then you should search for the last one compiled in older Visual Studio.

[pointertovoid]

Meanwhile I've tried on my vanilla W2k the official binaries available from www.lyx.org; beware I tried to install them but only started the programmes: I didn't run them for long.

- v1.6.5-1-Bundle installs and runs

- v1.6.6-1 installs and runs but its interface is English only, and it might have other imperfections against 1.6.5-1

- v1.6.7-4 installs but fails with no sensible message when it's started

- v1.6.8-2 installs but refuses to run, with the obscure message resulting from a Visual Studio 2010 compilation option

- v1.6.10-2, refuse to install and tell they need Xp (for the Visual Studio 2010 compilation option)

- v2.0.3-2-Alt refuse to install; if copied from Xp and pasted to W2k, running it produces the Visual Studio error.

The source for v1.6.5-1 is:

ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.6.5/ (change the address according to the version)

where I took LyX-1.6.5-1-Installer-Bundle.exe (122MB...)

Please note I had already MikTeX v2.8 installed.

Beyond using v1.6.5-1, other options would be:

- Take a recent source and compile it for W2k... I won't, sorry. Done it enough when I was young.

- Use KernelEx.