MikTeX on W2k

[pointertovoid]

Hello you all!

I need LaTeX on my W2k, for which the most widely compatible with front-ends seems to be MikTeX.

I've taken the v2.8, officially said to run on W2k. To install on a machine without Internet access, I've taken the "complete" flavour at 1.14GB

And during installation, after 73.000 files from the total 77.000, it tells approximately "name space capacity exceeded"

So if there are known remedies, please tell! Or if you know a specialized forum, of course.

Thank you!

[tomasz86]

The portable version seems to work OK in Windows 2000.

Have you tried it?

[pointertovoid]

Not up to now!

I've tried the v2.8 Complete on Xpsp3 (not W2k) and the installer failed telling approximately "name base capacity exceeded".

The v2.8 Basic succeeded on Xpsp3 - it has fewer files which might need fewer names perhaps.

The portable version looks very interesting because I could copy it from an online computer to an offline one after adding the classes and styles and languages I need.

Before I download 157MB... Could you tell if yours was a v2.8 or v2.9, and if your W2k was plain vanilla or rather supplemented with Kdw - Xp Api - UURollup and other extensions?

Many thanks!

[tomasz86]

I tested with UURollup installed. Nowadays I don't really check without UURollup because, frankly speaking, W2K without the unofficial kernel (which is included in UURollup) would be unusable

It was the newest version, i.e. ver. 2.9.

Edited June 10, 2012 by tomasz86

[pointertovoid]

Thanks a lot! My apologies for not replying sooner...

I'm still not converted to UURollup nor KernelEx - but I should.

On a W2k sp4r1 with official updates, I could install MikTeX v2.8 offline (v2.8 being officially the latest for W2k).

The full installation regularly fails, but the full installer can provide all options offline. I use it from LyX 1.5.7-1.

During install, choose the option "basic installation" (I don't remember the exact name) despite the installer is complete (1GB!);

Important: keep the "ask me every time" option to install the missing options of MikTeX;

From LyX, ask to recheck the missing options by Tools > Reconfigure;

As missing classes are detected, thanks to the "ask me first" option, you can tell once the MikTeX installer folder instead of a Web address;

Then at least the usual classes and styles used by LyX install.

[tomasz86]

Frankly speaking, it seems to be too much of a hassle to make it work in a stock Win2k.

Have you tried out the portable version?